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Import an Unmanaged Solution related to Managed Solution

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I stuggle with the following. We have the following situation:

- Dynamics 365 9.1 platform
- Installed External Managed Solution 3.0

- Created our own Unmanaged Solution version 1.0

In our Unmanaged Solution we add forms from the external managed solution. We add new fields to new sections.

Because the environment is corrupt we created the following new sandbox:

- Dynamics 365 9.1 platform
- Installed External Managed Solution 4.0

- Import our own Unmanaged Solution version 1.0

When we install External Managed solution we get version 4.0. We cann't select the 3.0 version.

From the corrupt environment we export our solution Unmanaged. We imported this on the new environment. 

Because we have added forms from the External Managed Solution to our Unmanaged Solution the forms are overwritten. We see our added fields but all new adjustements from the External Managed Solution (added in version 4.0) are missing. 

How can we solve this without removing all forms from our unmanaged solution and manually add the fields again after importing. We want the adjustments from the managed solution and our adjustments from the unmanaged solution to be merged.

Importing our solution Managed is not an option because we need to customize/develop in the futher. 

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  • Nikesh Das Profile Picture
    105 on at
    RE: Import an Unmanaged Solution related to Managed Solution

    Hey Edwin,

    Have you tried creating a brand new form in an unmanaged solution. Also ensure when you create a new solution that it is with a different publisher.

    Also you can have unmanaged solutions in your development environment but only import them as managed into testing or production environments.

    Nikesh

  • Community Member Profile Picture
    on at
    RE: Import an Unmanaged Solution related to Managed Solution

    Hi Kokulan, thanks for the answer. But i think this not a solution for us. The problem is that we cann't import the External managed solution. This is a solution from MS (Project Service Automation) which you only can install from the admin portal. When creating a new sandbox and install PSA you always get the latest version. When importing our Unmanaged Solution (created on older version) the adjustments made by MS in the newer version are overwritten. The source environment with the older version has a problem and won't update to the new PSA version. MS is working on that for 6 weeks but still no solution.  

  • Kokulan Profile Picture
    18,052 on at
    RE: Import an Unmanaged Solution related to Managed Solution

    Hi

    Yes you can add the fields onto the form after the import and since its unmanaged customisation, it will win over the managed solution customisation for the same form element.

    I would also create separate unmanaged solution with just the form that you mentioned and in the future, if you import the managed solution again, you can then import your form solution back on top of it

    Hope this helps

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