Can we delete updates in one of the update set while merging with another update set

[SwathiPedireddy]

Hi,

I captured Group and Group member details along with other updates in update set and moved to test instance from dev, but I need to remove Group and members from the update set or capture delete records in the new update set in dev. How can we achieve this? Can I delete group and group members updates form the update set while merging with another update set?

Thanks,

Swathi

[Viraj Hudlikar]

Hello @SwathiPedireddy 
Since you have moved updateset to test from dev, I would recommend to get delete operation captured in new updateset in DEV and move to test and if all good then over test instance merge new updateset with old updateset which was moved earlier with proper name as you wish and then you can move this merged updateset to PROD.

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Viraj Hudlikar.

[jcmings]

Depends on exactly what you want to achieve.

If you want this update set ready to push from TEST to your next environment without the group and group members, you simply need to open the update set in TEST, open the Customer Updates related list in a new tab, and then clear out the "Update set" field for those specific records. You can then export the XML from the TEST environment and use that for your next retrieval.

If you want to remove the updates from TEST, you can either track down the groups + group members and remove them manually, or you could back out the update set, repeat the steps mentioned in the paragraph above (but in DEV), and then re-retrieve your XML in TEST. I would probably just recommend doing what I mentioned in the paragraph above.