Contexts and result types in UDeliver
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This article is about the context and result type concepts in USoft Delivery Manager ("UDeliver”).
A context is an area of application where Delivery Manager may be useful:
| Context | Description |
|---|---|
| Prepare | Operations performed during development and in preparation of an application release. |
| Release | Operations that consist of making application deliverables available to target machines. |
| Merge | Operations that consist of applying knowledge about components on a target machine to adapt deliverables to deployment on that particular machine. |
| Deploy | Operations that consist of actually implementing released, and possibly merged, deliverables on a target machine. |
| USoft routines | Operations that consist of performing a routine that is available as part of the functionality of a USoft tool (USoft Definer, Windows Designer, Web Designer, Service Definer). |
| Utilities | Non-USoft-specific, general operations, in particular file system operations. |
| Data management | Operations that consist of importing, exporting, clearing, comparing and transforming data sets other than in the context of releasing, merging or deploying those data. |
A result type is a type of outcome that an Action in Delivery Manager has. You can view the different result types on the Actions tab of the UDeliver catalog.
Contexts and result types are 2 ways of classifying Actions. These classifications are visible in the Actions tab of the Delivery Manager catalog. These classification may change between USoft patches. You cannot alter these classifications.
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The only purpose of the context and result type concepts is to provide wayfinding and increase understanding. They have no impact on the effect of UDeliver operations.