2 Replies Last post: Apr 22, 2008 7:02 PM by ccallan  
Click to view ccallan's profile   52 posts since
Oct 16, 2007

Apr 21, 2008 6:46 PM

Utility to move artifacts from one environment to another


The way that we are utilizing our Contour environments is basically a pre-prod/test environment and a production environment. Users setup their project and setup their forms in the pre-prod environment to make sure that the artifacts contain the information they want, users find them intuitive, etc... After they've gotten that all ironed-out they need to move the items to the production site. Right now, that's a manual process that involves creating the same form in production for each of the artifacts.

It would be really great if there were a way to connect up to the pre-prod & production databases and be able to select the artifacts that should be moved for the users. I'm thinking of a utility interface with checkbox lists of the artifacts that are in the pre-prod system, so that the user can move over one or many form definitions. I'd even be OK with not being able to import artifacts from pre-prod if they already exist in production, since figuring out if the change from pre-prod would trounce on the current artifact would be quite a feat.

Thanks!

Click to view Derwyn's profile   89 posts since
Jun 12, 2007
1. Apr 22, 2008 4:45 PM in response to: ccallan
Re: Utility to move artifacts from one environment to another

We don't have any plans for a utility like the one you mentioned, however we will have the ability to integrate with other tools, including Contour. Once we have this in place (Web Services) we would be able to build an integration such that you could send or retrieve items from a different system even if that system is another Contour. We expect to have the Web Services piece in place by the end of Q3.

Hope this helps