Conflict Resolution and the Software Repository

AdminStudio Enterprise Server 11.0 | Job Manager

Edition: Job Manager is included with AdminStudio Enterprise Edition.

If you include a Conflict Detection Job Step in a Job to identify conflicts, you can also include a Resolution Job Step to automatically resolve the conflicts that have associated Conflict Application Resolution Definitions (CARDs), and then reimport the modified package into the Application Catalog.

Resolution Behaviors

Because conflict resolution requires that the package be modified, if a package is stored in the Software Repository and is currently checked-out by another user, it cannot be modified, and therefore cannot be resolved. This resolution behavior is detailed in the following table.

Job Manager Resolution Behavior Regarding the Software Repository
Package State	Resolution Behavior
Package in Software Repository / Checked Out	Job Manager ignores the resolution process for these packages. The packages are already being edited by someone else.
Package in Software Repository / Not Checked Out	The package will be checked out by the virtual user Job Manager Engine prior to the normal operation of the resolution process. If the resolution process results in a no-operation or the user does not elect to re-import the package, then the check-out operation will be cancelled.
Package Not in Software Repository	The resolution process will operate normally.

Re-Import Behaviors

When defining a Resolution Job Step, you have to indicate the reimport option for resolved packages. When defining a Resolution Job Step, you have the choice of three re-import options for resolved packages: re-import as a new version, re-import by overwriting the existing version, or do not re-import.

The choice you make depends upon whether the package is stored in the Software Repository:

Resolved Package Re-Import Options
Resolved Packages Re-import options	Package in Software Repository	Package Not in Software Repository
As a new version	Package will be re-imported and checked-in as a new version.	N/A Package cannot be imported as a new version unless it is in the Software Repository.
By overwriting existing version	Package will be re-imported and checked-in, replacing the existing version.	Package will be re-imported, replacing the original package.
Do not import the resolved packages	Package will not be re-imported.	Package will not be re-imported.

Conflict Resolution and the Software Repository

Workflow Manager 5.6 / AdminStudio Enterprise Server 11.0 Help Library

December 20, 2011