Managing Models > Model Editor Overview > Saving a Modified Model |
When you modify a model in the Model Editor, you can save the modifications and make them available to users right away, or if you have many changes to make, or a specific roll-out date, you can save a draft until you are ready to make your changes public.
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Caution: Modifying a model may break reports attached to it. See Managing Model Breaking Changes for more information. |
Follow these steps to publish your changes so that report creators can use the updated model.
Publishing changes
In the Model Editor toolbar, click the Save & Publish button to save the changes. This creates a new version of the model. The old version, as well as all other previous model versions, is kept in the History section of the model. (See Working with Model Versions for more information.)
All reports associated with the model automatically bind to the latest model version. Model changes, especially deletions, may break some reports, so compatibility is checked automatically. (See Managing Model Breaking Changes for more information.)
Follow these steps to save a working draft that you can return to later, without releasing the changes to report creators. ActiveReports 8 Server automatically saves a draft while you are working, but you can save the draft any time.
Saving a working draft
ActiveReports 8 Server automatically saves a draft while you are working, and you can save it as you make changes, but if you do not want to keep the changes, you can discard them.
Discarding a draft
Follow these steps to keep changes saved to a working draft, and publish the changes for report creators.
Publishing a draft
In the Model Editor toolbar, click the Save & Publish button to save the changes. This creates a new version of the model. The old version, as well as all other previous model versions, is kept in the History section of the model. (See Working with Model Versions for more information.)
All reports associated with the model automatically bind to the latest model version. Model changes, especially deletions, may break some reports, so compatibility is checked automatically. (See Managing Model Breaking Changes for more information.)