Solutions overview
Solutions are used to package..
Entity & schema customizations
Plugins processes, workflow activities
Web resources, navigations, visualizations
Template,security, reports
Example of developers use solutions:
Develop a solution for credit scroing:
Entity customizations
Custom workflow activities
Client side scripts
Two types: Managed and UnManaged
SOLUTION COMPONENTS:
ENTITIES:
Attributes
Forms
Views
Charts/Visualizations
Relationships
Hierarchy Settings
GLOBAL OPTION SETS
Web Resources
Javascripts
Dashboards
Ribbons
SiteMap
Workflow Definitions
Dialog Definitions
Business Custom Activities
Plug-ins (Assemblies and Steps)
Service Endpoints
TEMPLATES
System settings
Security Roles
Connection Roles
Field Level Security Profiles
Routing & Case Creation Rules
SLA’s
Reports
Default Solution vs Custom Solution:
-Default solution is everything
-Default publisher prefix is new_(should set to something different)
Creating custom solutions early on is a good idea:
-Recommended to specify a different publisher other than default.
-Custom solutions can be exported
-Either as unmanaged or managed