Hi, I am in the process of moving Service Definitions from one DMS to another. There is the obvious visible list of Service Definitions in the 'Services' module in Cube.
I am using the SRM_ServiceDefinitionImportExport to allow more control over the Service Definitions I am moving. So, I am also using the SRMSurveyor in the Client Test Tool to identify the GUID of each Service Definition. In doing so I notice that there are several Service Definitions with [CUSTOM]_ prefixes.
- What is the purpose of these Service Definitions?
- Can I ignore them when moving Service Definitions from one DMS to another?
- Do they need to be cleaned up (i.e.: deleted) occassionally?
Hi Bing,
Those Service Definitions with the "[CUSTOM]_" prefixes are not generated by the standard solution. It should be something specific to the DMA you are exporting. I would suggest first checking what they represent to see if they are really necessary.
In general, there is no need to clean them up regularly, since the number of Service Definitions is usually quite small.
I looked into it more closely, and those service definitions were generated in an earlier version of the SRM solution.
As we already discussed on Teams, they don’t appear in the Cube because they aren’t defined as Templates (the IsTemplate property is set to false). There’s no need to export them.
Andre, one thing to note is that these service definitions with [CUSTOM]_ prefixes are not visible on Cube UI.