4.1.2.1. Applications – New Fields for Add, Export, & Import

In the Applications group of the menu bar, users are provided access to the following set of commands:

In this latest release, we have added new fields to the windows associated with the Add, Export, and Import commands.

1. Add – Application Version Number

If the Add button is selected, it will display the Application window. In this window, along with the name and title of the application, users can now also set the version number.

• Version: This is a numeric updown field that allows users to input the version number of the application.
  • Users can enter this number either manually or by using the increment/decrement arrows.
    • To enable this field, users must first create and save the application. Then, they must right-click on the application from the Application Tree and select Change App from the context menu.

*Previously, the program incremented the version number of an application automatically whenever changes were made to the entities. With the addition of this new field, users can now manually set the version number for greater control over the application’s versioning.

2. Export – Enhanced Settings

If the Export button is selected, it will display the Export window. In this window, users can now also choose to exclude sensitive data and automatically increment the application version number after export

• Exclude Sensitive Data: This is a checkbox which, if selected, allows users to exclude sensitive data such as connection strings, passwords, and other confidential information from the exported application file.
• Auto Increment App Version After Export: This is a checkbox which, if selected, allows users to automatically increment the application version number after export.
  

  **If this checkbox is selected, after the export is complete, the version number of the application will be automatically incremented by one.

3. Import – Import Timed Event Settings & Override Customized Responsibilities

If the Import button is selected, it will display the Import window. In this window, users now have the option to import timed event settings for the application. They can also choose to override customized responsibilities.

• Import Timed Event Settings: This checkbox determines whether to include timed event settings during the import process.
  • If this checkbox is selected, importing an RBA file and deploying will update the server’s timed event settings with the values stored in the RBA file.
  • If this checkbox is left unselected, importing an RBA file and deploying will preserve the server’s timed event settings.
    

    !!It’s important to note that when importing an RBA file, any timed event settings that do not already exist on the server will automatically take the values specified in the RBA file, regardless of whether this checkbox was selected or not.

• Override Customized Responsibilities: This checkbox determines whether to override customized responsibilities (role and resource assignees) during the import process.
  • If this checkbox is selected, all existing and new task receiver settings on the server will be taken from the RBA file.
    • Task assignees for tasks or task types that already exist on the server will be overwritten with the values in the RBA file.
    • Task assignees for tasks or task types that do not already exist on the server will be imported from the RBA file.
  • If this checkbox is left unselected, all existing task receiver settings on the server will be preserved. All new task receiver settings, however, will take their values from the RBA file.
    • Task assignees for tasks or task types that already exist on the server are preserved.
    • Task assignees for tasks or task types that do not already exist on the server (i.e., are being imported into the server for the first time) will take the task receiver values from the RBA file.
      

      !!When importing an RBA file and selecting this checkbox, it’s important to note that only the defined and dynamic receiver settings will be overridden. The specific receivers assigned to individual tasks before the import will remain unchanged.

*For more information on the pre-existing fields in these windows, click here.