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With local packs, it is possible to continue the development of application configurations on a separate collect all the necessary configuration changes in the same place and transfer them to another instance. Export it as a .SOP file, and implement changes to the production instancethe local pack and add it to the Retrieved Packs (sys_vcs_retrieved_pack) table of the target instance. When the pack is loaded, a new local pack is created on that instance. This local pack contains the imported from the first instance settings. This approach minimizes the risks of mistakes, errors, and conflicts , which that may affect the production instance during the application development.

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All system configuration activities should be performed within a separate local pack. Do not use the default local pack for these needs.

A local pack is a record in the VCS Local Pack (sys_vcs_local_pack) table compiling relevant and it compiles relevant to the configuration changes done records from the VCS Record (sys_vcs_record) table. Use it local packs to associate VCS records with a particular pack and export them as a complete set.

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Only users with the admin role can:

  • manage lockal packs: create, merge, import and remove them,
  • and their records: create, edit and remove them.
    • create and read VCS Local Pack records. 
  • Admin users can edit the Name, Is Default, Description, State fields. 
  • They can also delete VCS Local Pack records that have empty VCS records or no VCS records at all. 

Every single version is an atomic state of the versioned tables (those having the Is VCS Enabled checkbox selected). All records in this table contain JSON formatted changes and other attributes described below.

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{"value": "Report Item", "policy": "Open", "sys_id": 159653803414986194, "column_id": 156941403909472422, "record_id": 159653803414985080, "language_id": 156628684306541141, "application_id": 155931135900000002, "sys_created_at": "2020-08-04 10:47:14", "sys_created_by": 155931135900000001, "sys_updated_at": "2020-08-04 10:47:14", "sys_updated_by": 155931135900000001}

Application configurations are stored in configuration packs represented as a .SOP file. Administrators can create their own applications if needed.

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There can be more than one local pack in the system, but the changes made by a single source , for example, within a specific task can be written saved only in one the local pack that is selected in the Admin Preferences menu at the right. That is, if the selected local pack is Default 3, all changes will be stored in the Default 3 pack.

All On the form of the local pack, all the record versions in a local pack are displayed in the VCS Record related list.

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In the Admin Preferences menu, select the local pack that you are working going to work on. This local pack will be saved as preferred: if you switch between the applications, this pack will be selected automatically . for this application.

Only If the preferred local pack has a in state other than In Progress can be selected as preferred. Once the state changes, the local pack will switch prefered pack in the Admin Preferences menu switches to the default one for this app.



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If there is no need to assemble a separate local pack to export, all record versions will can be compiled into stored in the default local pack. The default pack can also contain the VCS records moved from the developing local pack (other local packs that are in the In Progress state, for example, when some records were created or moved to the local pack by mistake).

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Use configuration packs to monitor changes in particular records.

After any transaction action (create/, update/, or delete) for the on a versioned table object, a record is created in the VCS Records (sys_vcs_record) table corresponding to for this object. The records displayes the state of the object state after the transactionaction was done. The record version contains the information described below.

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  • VCS records cannot be created, updated, or deleted manually. These records are created automatically by the system . Only users with the admin role can read themand are only available to admin users for reading.
  • Adminuser can also edit the Local Pack and Is Strong Overwrite fields. 


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Note that removing of a record does not mean its 'deletion': the removed records are stored in the default local pack.

If a local pack includes unwanted VCS records, move them to the default pack by completing the following steps:

  1. Navigate to Configuration → Local Packs.
  2. Open the VCS Local Pack containing the VCS record you need to remove.
  3. Scroll down to the Related Lists area and open the VCS Record tab.
  4. Select a record or records to be removed by selecting the checkboxes and click Move to Default.
  5. These records will be removed to the default local pack of the same application.

As a result:

  • Selected record versions are removed moved to the default pack.
  • The record versions with the same Record IDas the selected ones are removed moved to the default pack.
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VCS record removal is not available in the default local packs.

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A default local pack is a the local pack with theIs Default checkbox selected. 




Restoring VCS Records

All the record versions – , both previous and current – , are stored in the VCS Record table. Current versions have the Is Current checkbox selected.

To restore one of the record from previous versions, complete the steps below:

  1. Open a record that you need to restore to a particular version.
  2. Scroll down to the Related Lists area and open the VCS Records tab.
  3. Open the record version you need to restore.
  4. Click Restore Version.
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Another way to restore a record version is the following:

  1. Navigate to Configuration → VCS Records.
  2. Find the record to be recoveredrestore. You can use the list search boxes or the Condition Builder.
  3. Open the record you need.
  4. Click Restore Version.


After that, a new VCS record is associated with the current local pack . It is and displayed in the its VCS Records related list.

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Some forms may not display the VCS Records related list by default. You But you can add it to the versioned table form as a related liston your own. After that, all versions (previous and current) of the current record are will be displayed on the record form.

To add a VCS Record related list, do the following:

  1. Open a record for which you need to add a related table.
  2. In the hamburger menu, select Configure → Related List → Layout.
  3. Move the VCS Record → Document Record element from the Available box to the Selected box.
  4. Click Save to apply the changes.

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