Introduction

Learn how to compare and sync FlowWright artifacts between FlowWright environments.

Last published at: November 8th, 2024

Synchronization functionality allows the user to compare and update a FlowWright target system with artifacts created from the source system. The user can synchronize data types, steps, business objects, event definitions, event handlers, event subscribers, menus, dashboards, organization charts, decision tables, themes, users, configuration settings, connections, triggers, process definitions, form definitions, etc.  As an admin user, navigate to the Status - Synchronize menu option. To Synchronize, first, select source and target FlowWright connections and click on the Connect button to notice a successful connection. If the connection fails, navigate to the Integration - Connections menu option and verify the source and target connection strings.  

 

The "Connect HTTP" feature is provided to test the HTTP connections according to the configuration. In the first attempt, the connection is made using HTTP and then using HTTPS if there's no response. 

 

Next, select the desired item type which you want to synchronize. For example, select “Data Types”:


The data/item displayed in the “Green” color indicates new data/item to synchronize, and the “Purple” color indicates updates/changes made to the data/item. 

 

  • Click on the “All” button to select all items (mark all checkboxes) 
  • Click on “Clear” to unselect the items (unmark checkboxes)
  • Click on “Additions Only,” only the items that are not present in the target database will be selected for synchronization
  • Click on “Changes Only,” the updated items in the source database will be selected for synchronization
  • Click on the “Synchronization” button. Before synchronizing the selected items, a snapshot is created on the target database. 

 

Below UI shows a list of updated items between the source and target databases:

 

The following feature enhancements are available with the Synchronize feature.

  • Synchronize select connection auto connects to the selected instance.
  • Synchronize UI can interchange the source & target. Click on the arrow icon to swap the positions.

 

  • Synchronize results can be searched. Type in the parameter to filter the result table. 

 

  • Synchronize UI shows # of added and updated.

 

NOTE: 

  • Synchronize Users shall automatically set the default time zone and culture to users as per the target environment. 
  • Synchronize feature shall sync the following data/items from the source to the target FlowWright environments.
    • Data Types (with the images)
    • Process Steps (with the images)
    • Step Category types (with the images)
    • Form Widgets (with the images)
    • Form Definition JS files
    • Form Definition (with the images)
    • Form Definition (with data table)
    • Common Form images
    • Dashboard Widgets (with its images)
    • Document Templates
    • Menus (Menu Builder)
    • Organization Charts