collaborative development
Collaborative development lets more than one app designer work on an app at the same time. The main use is citizen developer type app designers can work on process models and eForms while technical users work on custom CSS, JavaScript, and advanced process activity configuration.
Prerequisites
- On the App Builder > Common screen (Settings), turn on Allow Collaborative Development For Apps.
- On the App Detail screen for an app, turn on Enable Collaborative Development.
Good to Know
- The following rules apply to collaborative development. These limitations exist because
these actions change the app schema. If more than one user changes the app schema at a time,
it would cause unrecoverable errors.
- If the primary app designer
checks out a process model, these
actions are not allowed for other app designers within the process model:
- Change the data model
- Create or change a data source
- If the primary app designer checks out an eForm,
these actions are not allowed for for other app designers within the eForm:
- Add a form control to the eForm
- Add a form control to My Control Library
- Map a data source
- Change a View form in a form-based app
- If the primary app designer
checks out a process model, these
actions are not allowed for other app designers within the process model:
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Keywords
collaborative development, simultaneous development, cooperative app design