Import entity file will reset the persistent property values of Things

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August 28, 2020
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Hi,

Every time when I fixed a bug in the local dev system and then import the thing's entity xml file to the testing/production system, the value of persistent property get reset in the target system. I have to manually input them again.

Why is the behavior designed like this ? or it's a bug ? I'm currently using ThingWorx 8.5.5 , but the problem has existed since 8.4 at least.

Regards,

Sean

Best answer by seanccc

@VladimirRosu_116627 ,

Sorry, my mistake. I just found the import function has a new option "Overwrite Property Values" since ThingWorx 855.

Regards,

Sean

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VladimirRosu_116627

19-Tanzanite

I expect that this is the expected behavior. The Thing concept, besides its definition (property/alert/event definition) includes also the state (property values) and logic (service), and they are all imported at once, hence the overwrite.

If you want to import something I suggest (but am not 100% sure) to see how the Thing import behaves at the Configuration Tables level - does it override current configured values there or does it leave them intact?