Releases and deployments

Compare models

The compare models functionality allows you to compare and deploy different objects across different servers. To access the compare models functionality, click on the Compare models button in the "Releases and deployments" screen.

Select the source and target environments you want to compare from and select an asset type to compare. Certain asset types can require you to select additional options such as a cube or dimension.

You can compare the differences in objects in two different servers by clicking on the compare button.

To deploy changes to the target server, select the items you want to deploy and click on the deploy button.

Releases

To create a release, click on "New release". Give your release a name, and an optional description.

Adding assets

To add assets to a release, open a release and click on "Add asset", you will then be presented with different assets to add. You can click on assets to expand them, and select them to add the asset. Once all your assets are selected, click on "Add selected". To add assets from different servers, change your selected server in the space sidebar.

Comparing assets

To compare the saved asset in the release with the asset on the current server, you can click on the asset, or select it and click on "Compare".

Refreshing assets

Refreshing assets will fetch the latest version of the asset from the source server. To refresh assets, select every asset you want to update and click "Refresh".

Deployments

To deploy your release to a target server, click on the "Deploy" button, or to only deploy some assets, select the assets you want to deploy and click on "Deploy". After clicking on deploy, you will be prompted to select a target server.

Release history

To view the release history, click on the timestamp at the top right of your screen. This will show you history about the release such as when assets were added and when they were deployed.