The Process Configuration Source – cut and paste
We are using RTC v6.0.6 and a year ago we created a project area called “Project A”.
Six months later there was a requirement for a similar project at a different site on a different network. So we created “Similar Project B”. When we did this we exported the process template from “Project A” and imported the template onto the Server at the other network and used it when we created “Similar Project B”.
We then did quite a bit of work on “Project A” and made a few changes to the Process Configuration.
Not a lot happened on “Similar Project B” apart from creating a few work items etc.
We now want to make the same changes to the “Similar Project B” process configuration that we have made on “Project A”.
Question : Can I simply take a copy of the ‘xml’ from “Project A” Process Configuration Source and paste it into “Similar Project B” or is this a really bad idea ?
Thanks
Peter
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Thanks for the reply Ralph.
Unfortunately there is no connection between the two servers.
A colleague of mine thinks that this cut and paste idea will work but I'm not as confident as he is about that. I will proceed with care. (Currently examining a printout of both with my highlighter pen trying to spot the differences and potential dangers).
I'll let you know how this all works out.
Rather than doing any XML copy/pasting, I would suggest have master project areas on each server, and use process sharing for the process of your actual projects. When you have a new master project area on Server A, export that template and then import that exported template into a new master project area on Server B. Then you can just point your actual projects on Server B at this new master project area (and point them back to the previous master project area if something isn't working as expected).
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That sounds like a good idea. I'll look into it.
Thanks
Peter
To be able to share a project from another project area, the project area must use the "Unconfigured process". You might be able to make that happen by deleting the relevant parts of the process, you would have to delete the related XML from the process XML. I have not tried this @Geoff, but just sharing a process is not enough, if the sharing project area already overwrites these parts.
Yes, for all existing project areas, you will have to do the one-time operation of replacing the process XML with the "unconfigured process" XML. But once you have done that for all existing project areas, you won't have to do any more process XML cut/paste ... for either the existing project areas or for any new project area.