If it becomes necessary to modify the instance hierarchy, you can change the parent
for a development instance.
Changing the parent initiates a complete comparison between the development instance
and the new parent instance. To optimize comparison speed and reduce the number of
collisions and local changes that need review afterwards, ensure that the new parent
instance was cloned recently from an appropriate instance (for example, the
production instance). Before you change the parent instance, ensure that the change
does not conflict with your change management process or other development
efforts.
To change the parent for a development instance:
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On the development instance, navigate to .
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In the control panel, click Change.
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Select the remote instance you want to use as the parent and click
Select.
Alternatively, click the link to define a new
remote instance. Then, repeat steps 1–3 and select the remote
instance you defined.
The system initiates a reconcile, which compares the local instance to the
parent, and then generates the list of local changes and calculates the
number of changes that are ready to pull from the parent.
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On the completion page, click Team Dashboard.
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Pull versions from the
parent instance and resolve any collisions.
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Review the local changes list and queue or
ignore changes, as appropriate.
