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Known Limitations for the Project Configuration Deployment
General Limitations
Project Configuration Deployment is not available on the Codebeamer X user interface.
Configuration Limitations
• The source and target Codebeamer versions must match.
◦ Deployment between different Codebeamer versions is not recommended, as it can result in deployment failure or a data loss.
• You can change the imported entities on the target system. However, PTC recommends not to change the imported entities.
• Deletion on the target system is not supported for all entities. For details about each entity, see Project Configuration Deployment - Technical Details.
• Project Configuration Deployment does not support Tracker Item Templates.
• When transferring items with closed status, the user performing the configuration deployment needs the Item - Close permission.If this permission is missing, the deployment process generates the following error: User <user> has no permission to close <item>.
Export Limitations
The export contains only those items to which the initiator has access. Therefore, the user performing the configuration deployment must have project administration permission for all related and referenced projects.
The following table outlines different project configuration options and their support status related to the export phase of the Project Configuration Deployment:
Concept
Support Level for Export
Limitations / Additional Information
Configuration items type tracker
Supported
Release type tracker
Supported
Component type tracker
Supported
Platform type tracker
Supported
Contact type tracker
Supported
Test set type tracker
Supported
Test configuration type tracker
Supported
Team type tracker
Supported
Area type tracker
Supported
Tracker items from configuration trackers
Supported
Items of other tracker types, including Work item trackers
Not supported
Tracker items from a document type tracker
Not supported
Dashboards
Not supported
Wiki pages
Not supported
Documents from the Documents tab of a project
Not supported
Users and settings for specific users
Not supported
Dependencies not related to the exported project by using reference filters. The dependencies concept includes also the ancestors of the trackers in the inheritance tree, such as parent templates or grandparent templates.
Not supported
The reference finder only works through reference filters. Other dependencies are excluded.
Closed projects
Not supported
Closed projects are not supported.
• To check if a project closed, open it, click Admin > Settings > Expand the Project Meta Description section.
• Closed projects do not appear for selection on the deployment dashboard page.
• To include a closed project in the deployment, you must reopen it. For more information, refer to Closing/Reopening Projects.
Working set configurations
Not supported
Exporting a project with a working set ignores the working set configurations.
Updates of working set configurations during a deployment
Not supported
Updating an existing project with a working set configuration is not supported during a deployment.
Apply Configuration Limitations
The following table outlines different concepts and their support status related to the apply configuration phase of the Project Configuration Deployment:
Concept
Support Level for Apply Configuration
Limitations / Additional Information
• Notifications
• Associations
• Attachments
• Configuration icons
• Project calendars
Partially supported
Exported but not applied on the target system.
Computed formulas updates
Partially supported
ID references in computed formulas are not resolved and updated in computed fields.
cbQL updates
Partially supported
• The name of an entity can be used in cbQL as a reference. These names are not resolved during the import.
• Entities with numeric names (for example, 123 as a project name) are either resolved incorrectly or they break the import.
• Custom field references are not replaced during the deployment.
Tracker inheritance
Partially supported
• Set "trackerHierarchyDeploymentEnabled": true to import the tracker inheritance. For details about this application configuration, refer to the "deployment" section.
• Due to technical limitations, tracker inheritance can slightly change tracker configurations when applied.
• Deploying a template automatically propagates the configuration changes to the trackers that are derived from the deployed template in the target server. The automatic propagation of the configuration changes does not include the configuration parts that are modified in the target server.
• If there are trackers in the trash that have a currently deployed tracker as a template, the template inheritance connection between the template and the trackers in the trash is removed.
Project Categories
Partially supported
• All project categories are moved between the source and the target system.
• Project Category Hierarchies are not applied to the target system. All categories are merged to the root level.
Document type trackers
Partially supported
Items from document type trackers are not exported.
If the deployment of document type trackers is enabled by the "deployment": {"enableDocumentTrackers": true} application configuration, these trackers are shown in the tracker outline of the project after an import.
If the deployment of the document type trackers is disabled by the "deployment": {"enableDocumentTrackers": false} application configuration, these trackers are not shown in the tracker outline of the project after an import.
Deletion of tracker configurations on the target environment
Partially supported
For details about the deletion of the tracker configurations on the target environment, see Project Configuration Deployment - Technical Details.
Deletion of tracker configurations on the source environment
Not supported
Broken project category references
Not supported
MxGraphs
Not supported
Broken user references
Not supported
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