This is the final blog post on series.
The beginning is here:
- Demystifying installation process
- Demystifying upgrade process
- Demystifying re-installation process, without uninstalling
- Demystifying re-installation process, with uninstalling
…One more thing
Today is 12 of September and Tim Cook will present his “One more thing”. I want to finalize my blog series with one more scenario.
Upgrade, with unpublishing
We will increase the version, unpublish current version and install a new version.
app.json > “version”: “3.0.0.0”
Container Sandbox
Uninstall and unpublish currently installed version of our app using Powershell (and navcontainerhelper module)
UnPublish-NavContainerApp -containerName $containername `
-appName $appname `
-unInstall `
-version $version `
-tenant $tenant
VSCode > AL:Publish without debugging (Ctrl+F5)
And we get an error
Start-NavContainerAppDataUpgrade -containerName $containername `
-appName $appname
And will have a look at the installation log
Online Sandbox
>Web client > Extensions Page > Uninstall >Web client > Extensions Page > Unpublish VSCode > AL:Publish without debugging (Ctrl+F5)
We get an error
>Web client > Extensions Page > Install
Online Business Central Production Tenant
>Web client > Extensions Page > Uninstall >Web client > Extensions Page > Unpublish
>Web client > Extensions Page >Upload .app file
The result of this step can be displayed in the next picture
Summary
I’ve put summary from previous blogs, and current blog in one table
| Process | Previous App version is installed | New App version changed | Upgrade Codeunit triggers | Install Codeunit triggers | Supported in Local Sandbox | Supported in Online Sandbox | Supported in Online Production |
| Publish & Install | – | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Upgrade App | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Re-Install | Yes | – | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |
| Uninstall & Install | Yes | – | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Unpublish & Re-install | Yes | – | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |
| Unpublish & Upgrade | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Hope, this series demystified what’s going on during the installation process for Business Central Apps.
The code could be found here https://github.com/dkatson/Installation-process-for-BC-Apps
Save to your shortcuts… like I did =)
Enjoy!
