Hi, currently we have a Low Code App and we would like to customize the views for different users e.g. some users might want to see page 4 as their first page, or some users prefer to see components rearranged like filter on top instead of left, depending on their usage. Some users might want to see the same table with different columns which may require a different query.
Is it possible to duplicate the low code as a new app so that we can give free edit rights to this group of users while not requiring them to rebuild from scratch?
Marieke Goethals [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Selected answer as best 4th July 2023
Hi,
Currently, duplicating apps can only be done manually. There are plans to provide a better way to do this in the future.
You can duplicate an app by following a few steps:
- Find and copy the folder of the application. All applications are stored at
C:\Skyline DataMiner\applications. The applications are identified by their GUID, which can be found in the URL of the app you want to copy. - Change the name of the new copied folder to a new unique GUID by changing some characters. Make sure to remember this GUID, it will be needed again later.
- Navigate to the folder of the version you are interested in and open the
App.config.json-file in your preferred editor. - Change the
IDproperty that contains the old GUID to the new GUID from step 2. In this file, the name of the app can also be changed. - If multiple versions of the application should be copied, steps 3 & 4 can be repeated for all desired versions, the other versions can be removed.
- Go back to the root folder of your copy and open
App.info.json. Change thePublicVersionandDraftVersionproperties to the desired version numbers, as configured in the corresponding version info files. If no public version exists yet, set that property to 0.
Wout Mahieu [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Answered question 15th June 2023