Post Refresh Request enables a target to be refreshed to its original state after that target has been cloned from another environment. Post Refresh will identify all the projects that are different between the source and target. If a project is package-based, it will also determine which files are different between the source and target. If there are files that are different, a package will be created that contains only those files. Then the original project versions (or the newly rebuilt package for package-based projects) from the source environment will be redeployed to target environment. If the project was only deployed to the target environment, then it will be deployed again.

This is needed when an EBS environment such as development is cloned from production. Once the clone is complete, you can initiate the Post Refresh Requests for the target environment. Any changes that you have in that development environment that may have been lost because of the clone in the development environment will be redeployed in force mode. This will bring the environment back into alignment with the state that FlexDeploy has recorded.

Post Refresh is not compatible with package-based projects with files that are sourced from a back end system.

Viewing and Creating Post Refresh Requests

The Post Refresh Requests button is on the Target page. To get to the Target page, first select Topology from the menu, then select the Topology Overview section, next locate the Environment and Target Group and click on the colored dot to go to the Target page to view or create Post Refresh Requests.

On Target page, click the Post Refresh Requests button on top right corner to view the Post Refresh Requests.

Creating A New Post Refresh Request

Enter values for the following fields:

Field Name	Required	Description

Field Name

Required

Description

Refreshed From Environment

Yes

Name of the source environment that you cloned to the target.

Any projects which are not in sync between the source and the target will be redeployed to the target.

Requested Start Time

Yes

Start Time for the refresh deployments to begin.

Click the Find & Re-Deploy button in the top right corner to redeploy the projects. When the Request Status is complete, the refresh is done.

Viewing Post Refresh Request Status

Below is Post Refresh Requests section which provides a history of recent Post Refresh Requests for that Target.

Request Status	Description

Request Status	Description
Pending	Initial status while builds are executing.
Deploying	Workflow requests for the post refresh request are being deployed.
Complete	All the workflow requests for the post refresh are either Completed, Failed, Aborted, or Rejected.

Click a Post Refresh Id to view the detailed status of a particular request.

In the below screen we are viewing the Post Refresh Status of Post Refresh Request Id 1558941

This page shows the Post Refresh status and workflow request status. Please refer to Build & Deploy Projects for more information about the lifecycle of a workflow request and its workflow execution.

The Project Name column contains a list of all projects to be redeployed to return the target to its state before the clone was performed. For package-based projects, click the arrow next to the project name to view the files under each project.