User Interface: Object Promotion Destination

Object Promotion Destination in System System Management displays the list of the promotion results A record of the success or failure of a promotion attempt. In the System Management page, the Object Promotion Destination pane lists the promotion results for which this Loftware Application Server acted as the destination server. for which this Loftware Application Server acted as the destination server. Each promotion result is associated with a specific promotion attempt The act of attempting to transfer objects specified in a promotion configuration from one Loftware Application Server to another.. In this page, you can also publish or roll back the versions of objects that were promoted.

If promotion was performed using direct access (Promote button)

If promotion was performed using indirect access (Export to File button)

For information about responding to a promotion result, see Respond to a Promotion Result.

The following options are displayed when you select a promotion result.

Option	Description
Promoted objects and references	The list of objects that an administrator attempted to promote, along with the state of each object as a result of the promotion attempt and any other actions performed. This list includes all objects in the promotion configuration in which the user clicked Promote in the Object Promotion page on the source server, regardless of whether they were explicitly included or are referenced objects that were implicitly included. Tip: In Label Design or other pages of Loftware Enterprise SP, you can open specific objects for more detailed review. When reviewing an object that links to a promoted object or when testing a promoted data service, the last published version is used by default. For information about changing to the most recently checked in version, see Respond to a Promotion Result.

Option

Description

Promoted objects and references

The list of objects that an administrator attempted to promote, along with the state of each object as a result of the promotion attempt and any other actions performed. This list includes all objects in the promotion configuration in which the user clicked Promote in the Object Promotion page on the source server, regardless of whether they were explicitly included or are referenced objects that were implicitly included.

Tip: In Label Design or other pages of Loftware Enterprise SP, you can open specific objects for more detailed review. When reviewing an object that links to a promoted object or when testing a promoted data service, the last published version is used by default. For information about changing to the most recently checked in version, see Respond to a Promotion Result.

Command Buttons

Option	Description
	Display any additional information available about the result of the most recent action performed on the promoted objects. Initially, this is information about the result of the promotion attempt. After publishing or rolling back, this is information about the result of whichever of those actions was performed. If no additional information is available, then the button is inactive.
Publish	On the destination server, publish For transition to production, create a new version of the object, incrementing the major version number and setting the minor version number to zero. all new or changed objects that are included in the promotion result. Each new or changed object that has been promoted is added to the destination server as a new minor version of the object, with the exception of objects that are of a type that does not support minor versions.
Roll Back	On the destination server, for all changed objects that were included in the promotion result, republish the last published version of each object that existed prior to the promotion attempt. Any new objects that were added by the promotion attempt are not removed.
Delete	Delete the record of the promotion result. Deleting a promotion result does not roll back the act of promotion or affect the promotion configuration. However, it may cause the next promotion attempt for this promotion configuration to treat unchanged objects as changed.
Close	Close the promotion result.