Wed, 2023-10-18 09:00
WR
Hi there,
I'm doing some offline development on a test box, and then Exporting/Importing the mashapps across to the production environment. Every now and then, mostly with 1 or 2 specific mashapps, I get an error when trying to import my mashapp onto the production box. It happily imports all the new/modified DataFeeds, but the mashapp itself fails with the error "Import of MashApp Failed".
I managed to overcome this once, by doing a "Save As" of the mashapp on my dev box and then importing the "new" mashapp onto my production box. Admittedly it gets a new GUID, but that's the least of my worries. This "solution" has however only worked once - and I'm now struggling with the same issue over again.
My only current resolution is to redo everything on my production box manually, once I've finished testing on my dev box. *NOT* ideal... :(
It does bear mentioning that my dev box is running MZone 9.7, and my production box is still on MZone 2.3 - I get that this may be a significant factor, however it literally is only with 2 of my mashapps that I have this problem, and theyhave nothing fancy/different about them that my other mashapps don't have.
Any advice welcome :)
Thanks
Dear William,
I think it's generally not a good idea to mix dashboard export files back and forth between different MashZone versions. The supported update path is from 2.x to 9.x. I recommend to keep both environments on the same version.
Isn't that an option for you?
Cheers
Rune
Thanks Rune - understandably your suggestion is the correct one :)
It means I shall have to consider running different versions on my dev environment for different clients. Ah well... ;-)
Thanks
W
Well, if your computer hardware is powerful enough, you could run each MashZone version in a dedicated VMware.
That's my approach for handling different ARIS versions. It enables me to quickly start up exactly that ARIS version for I received a question for.
Technically, other approaches might work, too. But then you are already on "the dark side" ;-), means, using an unsupported scenario which likely brings you in trouble when moving forward, e.g. by the next product update.
Cheers
Rune