Effect of change in DCT

Hi Team,

I am using TeamSite 6.7.0.1 on Solaris 10 machine. I have some set of DCRs for a particular DCT. Now if I want to add one new field or remove another field in the DCT, will there be any problems.

So, please let me know will there be any effect on any of the exisiting DCRs.

Thanks & Regards,
Pradeep Velpula.

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nipper

Without knowing anything about your environment it is hard to answer this with confidence.

If you add a new required field then it will effect all old DCRs. If you remove a field that is required (say in a DB) again, the same thing. If you move a field inside a different container (or rename it) you lose all the old data.

However for the most part, TS does not really care.

JoshProx

If you add a new field then you have to edit all the dcrs to set the value. Even if you set the default value it doesn't take that. Deletion of the fields should not be a problem.

Migrateduser

If you add a new field:

All old DCRs will not have that item in the XML. So as long as you don't modify them and re-deploy, there is no problem. When a user opens an old DCR in FormsPublisher, the new field will show up as blank and they can put the data in there.

If you want to explicitly set a value to this field in the old DCRs, you need to write a script to do that.

If you remove a field:

Same thing. The old DCRs will still have that field until you open them in formspublisher and save them. If you re-save the DCR, the field will be gone.

Adam Stoller

If you add a new field:

All old DCRs will not have that item in the XML. So as long as you don't modify them and re-deploy, there is no problem. When a user opens an old DCR in FormsPublisher, the new field will show up as blank and they can put the data in there.

If you want to explicitly set a value to this field in the old DCRs, you need to write a script to do that.

If you remove a field:

Same thing. The old DCRs will still have that field until you open them in formspublisher and save them. If you re-save the DCR, the field will be gone.

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KunalRana

If the newly added field is mandatory then there will be a saving problem( if u edit an existing dcr and try to save it without doing nothing i wont get saved). Also for radio buttons, none of the options will get selected in the existing dcrs and will create problem if it is mandatory.

pradeep_velpula

Thanks alot to everyone of you for the valuable answers.

If I am struck at any point, then I'll get back to you.

Thanks & Regards,
Pradeep Velpula.

Frederik

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