Moving Catalog Items Among Environments

The Export/Import module is designed to move Nintex Studio catalog items (i.e., wizards, sensors, categories) among Production/Test/Development environments: DEV → TEST → PROD.

Server Versions and Catalog items

When you import and export catalog items such as wizards, sensors, and categories) between environments, always make sure that the environments are using same RPA server version. Nintex Studio does not support importing and exporting between environments that run different server versions.

As a rule, development is not carried out in the PROD environment: creation of wizards/sensors, and changes to existing wizards/sensors should be made only in DEV environment and then moved to TEST or PROD using Export/Import.

DEV

TEST (optional)

PROD

  • New development

  • Bug fixes

  • Updates

  • Catalog changes (names, location, etc.)

  • No manual changes

  • Import from DEV only

  • Any discovered bugs should be fixed in DEV and imported into TEST

  • No manual changes

  • Import from DEV only

  • Any discovered bugs should be fixed in DEV and imported into PROD once testing is complete

Make sure to have the same regional settings for the export and import environments.

UIDs

For each imported wizard, the Export/Import module maintains a reference (known as the UID) to the DEV environment wizard from which it was originally created. This ensures that future imports will update existing catalog items instead of creating additional items. For example:

DEV

TEST (optional)

PROD

Where can I find the UID?

To locate a wizard's UID:

  1. From the Catalog, select the wizard whose UID you want to locate

  2. Click the info icon in the top-right corner of the screen

  3. The UID will appear in the popup window (underneath the wizard ID)