Prerequisites
You have already modeled a versioning-capable metadata object.
Procedure
- You are in object maintenance. Choose
. Alternatively, you can also access the version management from the collection view of the Data Warehousing Workbench transport connection, by using the object's context menu.
- The table displays the existing versions. Create a manual version by choosing
Create New Version. This version is saved directly to the database.
- Choose
Read Again to update the display of the version, if other users have made changes in the meantime.
- Choose
Restore from Version to restore an older version. You can reset the changes to the object in the version management. The restored version is not written to the object's A version at this stage, but to the the M version. You can check the consistency of the object again and then activate it. The A version is not overwritten until you activate the object.
- You can export a version as a file by choosing
Export from the context menu of the relevant version. The file can also be imported. In the version context menu, choose
Import.
- There are two ways of dislaying the details of a version:
- You can compare two historical versions (including the temporary versions). Select the required rows in the overview and choose
Compare Versions.