Solution Workbench Import/Export

Kinetic ERP
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In Pilot instance we have a few solutions which are basically bundles of BAQs that build and install into Production just fine. However, after a refresh of Pilot from Production the Solutions are all gone.

How do we import/export solutions next time so they persist in solution Workbench after a refresh?

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I don’t think they will. When you copy Live down to Pilot, you’ll get whatever Live had. The best you can do is export them from Pilot to a saved location and re-import after the refresh.

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Thanks for your reply.

How do you export/import a Solution in Kinetic so that the solution design is in Solution Workbench?

I understand Build/Install but cannot find Import/Export?

I could DMT BAQ export Solution and SolutionDtl, but I don’t see a DMT option to import those.

TIA,
Josh

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Epicor is still trying to determine if people want that feature or not. You can vote here.
https://epicor.ideas.aha.io/ideas/ERP-I-219

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Thanks for your reply.

I was afraid of that. How are folks handling this? Do you have a 3rd DEV environment and never refresh? Or do you recreate solutions all the time?

Seems a blocker may be guid conflicts between environments but you’d think they could just create the solution design data upon install from .cab using the new guids (for unsealed solutions)

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Or…

Make the software more friendly for DevOps | ERP-I-139

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Lots of complaining, generally.

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I can’t see where you would need this. If you built the solution from pilot and installed in production all of the solutions work is in production now.

If I am actively working on something and want to refresh my dev environment I either make a solution or export what I am working on and then reimport.

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Thanks for your reply.
I suppose need is debatable but remaking the same solutions in solution workbench after a refresh being a tedious waste of time that introduces risk is not debatable.
At least the ability to DMT Solution/SolutionDtl is wanting.

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I have always disliked the lack of ability to see an imported solution in the destination system as a true solution.

Unless that has changes recently, and I am too stuck in my ways to check! :thinking:

I’m with @Mark_Wonsil on the improvement required and perhaps we are on the cusp of things with the ice. Common db thingy.

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