Update Sets - Parent/Child Relationship?

Justin W · ‎07-19-2021

Hello,

I had a quick question regarding Update Sets? I have pushed something from Dev to Test and realized that I missed making a change.

Am I able to just switch that Update Set back to "In Progress" and make changes?

Also, does anybody know about Parent/Child Update Sets in case I wanted to create a new Update set?

Thanks in advance,

Justin

-O- · ‎07-19-2021

Just to clarify, batching is not linked with moving update sets, but with committing them.
So there is no such thing as batch migration. It is true that if you batch up a bunch of update sets in Test and commit them in a single batch, all those will be moved together into Prod (or other instances). But that is done automatically by the system, not by you. Furthermore, once the update sets end up in Prod, you can add further update sets to the batch before committing. Say in Test you realized you need to fix something and you have created "Update Set 4". You move it to Test, commit it, than you move everything into Prod (or any other instance). You will end up with 4 update sets, 3 in a batch 1 solo. You can now add that solo one too to the batch, and again commit all in one go.

Also it does not matter how you commit and how you move update sets between instances, because all that matters is the destination. You batch there when you want to commit - that's the beauty of batching.

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Justin W · ‎07-19-2021

Hi Mark,

Thank you for your prior responses. I guess I was just wondering where to go from here. The naming convention (ex - Update set 2) makes sense.

Would I then just create a new update set but select my original update set (with the missing information) as the parent and then send them to Test as a batch?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Justin

Mark Roethof · ‎07-19-2021

See my other comment. It depends on your strategy, if you have as strategy dev > test > prd OR strategy dev > test AND dev > prd.

Kind regards,
Mark

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andrewschlo · ‎03-19-2025

Nuanced question -- is that limit just to destinations where I have already pushed the update?

Update batch A on instance 1 contains updates X and Y.

I set A to complete.

I pull A into instance 2.

I set A to in progress and add update Z. A now contains X, Y, and Z

I set A to complete.

I try to pull A into instance 2. Z would not get carried over because A is already pulled in and marked complete. I understand this.

I pull A into instance 3. Instance 3 would get X, Y and Z, correct? Becuase instance 3 does not have any prior reference to A. Yes?

Justin W1 · ‎08-06-2021

I'm in the process of determining who's using my account under Justin Willingham.

This is not the real Justin W. who has been posting questions for nearly a year now.

PLEASE STOP USING MY ACCOUNT TO POST QUESTIONS.

@Mark Roethof

Mark Roethof · ‎08-06-2021

What is the reason you are tagging me in this?