Projection administration

How to manage projections updates in IFS in OData Connector and flow apps.

Projection updates

Projections may change during

• version upgrade (from version 21 -> 22) delivered by IFS,

• service update (SU) delivered by IFS twice a year,

• patching provided by IFS between SUs,

• customized standard projections and custom projections updated during delivery updates

• custom projections updates via Application Configuration Packages.

If in/out parameters are changed, each flow steps that using updated projection must be manually checked and refreshed.

How do we know when projection is updated in IFS?

Depending on type of installation (SU, delivery update) different documents are produced. Below are examples of some documents produced.

Service update

IFS can/should provide high level list of fixed issues to supplier.

Service Update contents examples

Delivery Notes

Each installation will produce more specific list of changed projections.

Example of projection change generated during delivery updtae

Documenting used projections in flow

For the time being, before and if we have some other means of mining Projections used in flows, it could be a good idea to add an Annotation to each flow which lists the used projections.

Listing projections used in flows is also needed to grant projections to users in IFS

Locating used projection and operations in flow

Use Find functionality in Flow to identify:

• Projection

• Operations