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How to work with processes in a development environment

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I would like to test new processes, including workflows in a separate test environment before using them in production

The way my test environment is set up right now, is I have a separate organization solely for the purpose of testing new additions to the solution. When I am done with the additions, I export the whole solution from the test environment and import it to production environment. Everything works well for the solution, but not for processes (both, business-process flows and workflows). They do not get carried over during the export/import.

Is there a way to move over all processes at once from on organization to the other like with the solutions? If not, what would be the best way to add new processes without disrupting the work in the production environment?

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    Aric Levin - MVP Profile Picture
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    Can you provide additional information as to what exactly is not transferring properly with the processes?

    Have not personally experienced such issue, unless related to record ids.

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    One other option that you might have, since you have a staging environment, is to export your production SQL database, and import as a different solution. Test your changes in that environment and import after.

    This should work, as it will be an exact replica of your production, and any ids that you might specify in your test environment will be the same as production.

    Not sure if this is the issue, but worth checking out...

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