Upgrading only specific Web Central domains

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Upgrading Only Specific Archibus Domains

Note : This topic describes the manual entries advanced users can make in the application-update.properties file when running the deployment packager actions without using the Package and Deploy Wizard to upgrade only specific Web central domains. You can also use the Package and Deploy Wizard to do this upgrade: When you make the appropriate selections on the Specify Update Type tab, the Package and Deploy Wizard writes these entries for you. See Using the Package and Deploy Wizard .

If you have made changes to the files of one or two domains, you can preserve your changes to those domains and still update the other domains to get their new or updated applications.

To preserve a domain through an update, uncomment *both* “extension=” lines for that domain in the Application Extension Files section of the application-update.properties file. Doing so will preserve:

Your view file (report and form) changes.
Any workflow rule changes on which your view files depend.
The compiled version of your workflow rule changes (which is the version of the rules that the program executes in the deployment).

You may use applications from multiple domains in concert. For instance, you may have Move Management application create Service Desk Requests. In this case, if you preserve one application, preserve both; or if you update one application, update both.

The following is an excerpt from the application-update.properties file showing the application extension files.

# Real Estate Portfolio Management Domain: # Portfolio Management, Lease Administration, Cost Administration, Cost Chargeback & Invoicing, US Federal Property Registry, Portfolio Forecasting #AbRPLM #extension=\ab-products\rplm\* #extension=\web-inf\lib\archibus-rplm-common.jar # Capital Project Management # Capital Budgeting, Project Management, and Condition Assessment applications #AbProject #extension=\ab-products\project\* #extension=\web-inf\lib\archibus-project-common.jar # Space Planning & Management Domain: # Space Inventory and Performance, Space Chargeback, Personnel & Occupancy applications #AbSpace #extension=\ab-products\space\* #NB: There is no specific .jar file for the Space domain. # Move Management Domain: # The Enterprise Move Management activity AbMove #extension=\web-inf\lib\archibus-move-management.jar # Building Operations Domain # On Demand Work, Service Desk and Preventive Maintenance applications #AbBldgOps #extension=\ab-products\move\* #extension=\web-inf\lib\archibus-bldgops-common.jar # Risk Management Domain: # Emergency Preparedness and Energy Management applications. #AbRisk #extension=\ab-products\risk\* #NB: There is no specific .jar file for the Risk domain. # Workplace Services Domain # Reservations and Workplace Portal applications #AbWorkplaceServices #extension=\ab-products\workplace\* #extension=\web-inf\lib\archibus-workplace-reservations.jar # System Administration Domain # Leave these lines commented out to update the System Management features. #AbSystem #extension=\ab-products\system\* #extension=\web-inf\lib\archibus-system-administration.jar # Technologies Domain # Leave these lines commented out to update the Technology examples features. #AbSolutionTemplates #extension=\ab-products\solutions\* #extension=\web-inf\lib\archibus-solutions*.jar # Application -- Common Workflow Rules # Leave these lines commented out to update the Common Workflow Rules for the # Application as-a-whole. These rules are part of the core API with respect to # updates. Later versions of these rules will run earlier versions of the # applications. #AbCommonResources #extension=\ab-products\common\* #extension=\web-inf\lib\archibus-common-resources.jar