Reuse Deployments to Deploy to Another Environment

Once a package has been successfully deployed, you can reuse it for another environment. This is helpful for deploying packages to higher environments after testing your changes in a lower environment. The same set of changes will be applied to ensure that you are making consistent updates across all of your environments.

This option is available to system administrators and application administrators for any completed, incoming deployments. The same objects and database scripts (in the same order) that were originally deployed will be used for the new deployment, but you can update the import customization file (ICF).

To reuse a successfully deployed package:

1. In the navigation pane, click DEPLOY view. By default, the INCOMING tab is active.
2. Click the name of the package you want to deploy.

3. Under ACTION, click DEPLOY TO ANOTHER ENVIRONMENT.

   

4. Select a target environment to deploy to.
5. Click NEXT.
6. Inspect the deployment:
   • If there are no missing precedents to resolve, click NEXT to continue.
   • If there are any missing precedents, select the missing object and click ADD TO PACKAGE.
   • Once the missing precedents are resolved, click INSPECT AGAIN.
   • Continue until all missing precedents are resolved, then click NEXT.

     Note:  Inspection of a reused package checks the objects and application configurations in your package for missing precedents only.

7. Review the details:
   • Edit the deployment Name and Description if necessary.

   • Upload an import customization file if appropriate.

     Note:  Because values in an import customization file are specific to an individual environment, the ICF from the previous environment where the package successfully deployed is not automatically reused. This approach allows you to specify the values for the new target environment with an appropriate import customization file. You can always download the import customization file from the previous deployment in the Deploy view.

8. Click DEPLOY. A confirmation dialog displays once the deployment has been sent to the target environment.

   For system administrators and application administrators, deployment details are available on the Deploy view of both the source and target environments. To access the view quickly, click View Deployment Details in the confirmation dialog.

   If your deployment requires review, reviewers will receive an email about the pending deployment.

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