How exactly does Studio "Publish" works? What updates does it capture?

Binglin Huang · ‎08-17-2022

We have a custom app created in dev. But when we published and installed in test. There were a lot of form sections configurations missing. When I checked the "Application Files" list (class = form section) of this custom app (on sys_app record), they are all there.

I was assuming, when studio does the publish action, it would capture a snapshot of all of the "Application Files" under the custom app and put into app repo. Is my assumption wrong?

Or does it instead capture the updates (as in sys_update_xml table) of those application files? Just like in update sets?

Also, if it would capture updates, when I have updates in a different update set (say "Story001 - Change column name") of the same scope than the "default" update set of this custom app. Would studio publish these updates too? Or only updates from the "default" update set would be published?

How does it work?

Eric Johansson · ‎08-17-2022

Hi Binglin,

In my experience, this has been caused by the those items being updated on the instance you are applying the update to, essentially creating a skipped update when you update your app. To check this, go to System Diagnostics > Upgrade History.

Find your latest version and look for Changes Skipped.

If you do have changes skipped then you will need to view them and resolve them.

Hope this helps

Binglin Huang · ‎08-19-2022

Thanks for the reply. I checked it. There is no skips hhistory related to any form section records. When I compared the application file list of the same custom app scope in two instances. The dev has 96 "Form Section" type of records, while the test only has 11.

Eric Johansson · ‎08-21-2022

Can you check to make sure that the ui sections in Dev are in the correct scope? Go to form sections and add the application column if it is not already there. Make sure the UI sections are not in global.