Delete of choices from test

[Ashish Das]

Hi All,

Can I delete few choices in dictionary in test  instance  manually  before moving to product ?

If I do so then I must update the data manually on prod as well . Will it be best practice ?

I little bit confused because these are not present on DEV because  through a fix script we updated those record but in test the fix script is not updating 7 records and those 7 existing values on those records are coming as choices in other records so I want to delete those choice from dictionary.

Thank you

[Robbie]

Hi @Ashish Das,

In order to ensure your Production release works as required, your best bet would be to sync the data from Production back to Test and to Dev. You can export these choice list values via XML ('Export XML function').

This will mean you're dealing with the same data across all environments meaning you can and should be able to capture and predict the updates accordingly.

Once you've pushed the choice values back, create an update set and make the necessary changes in Dev.

Once you're happy, when you push the update set to Test, the changes should mirror as per Dev. This process provides you with the confidence and stability to know that the update set will enact the same changes to Prod.

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Thanks, Robbie

[Ashish Das]

But it will be more difficult I guess.