Publishing an application creates an update set containing the current version of all application configuration records.

Before you begin

Role required: Role required: admin, or delegated_developer with Publish To Update Set permission enabled

About this task

You can use this update set as a backup file for auditing purposes or to transfer the application to another instance.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > System Applications > My Company's Applications.
  2. Click the In Development tab.
  3. Open the application record you want to create an update set for.
  4. Click the Publish to Update Set related link.
  5. (Optional) Fill in the fields, as appropriate (see table).
    Publish to Update Set
  6. Click Publish.
    A new update set is created and the latest update of each application file in the application is copied into it. The update set is marked as complete.
  7. Transfer the update set to another instance according to your test process.
    • Retrieve the update set from the source instance.
    • Save the update set as an XML file.
  8. Run any fix scripts that are included in the application.