Once you have developed your solution and you are ready to deploy your solution to clients, you need to move the solution from the development environment to the deployment (Application Server) environment. The first step in deployment is getting your solution in a form that can be moved: exporting the solution.

Exporting a Solution

In Servoy there are a few solution types, each of them being able to be exported in one or more formats. The table below shows the various solution types and the formats in which the solutions can be exported:

Exporting Solution To .servoy File

1. Do one of the following
   1. Go to File > Export. A window will appear. In the tree, select Servoy > Export Active Solution. Click on the Next button.
   2. Right click on the active solution in the Solution Explorer. Select Export Solution > File Export. A window will appear.
2. Choose a name and a location for the export file. Click Next.
3. A list of options are now available. For a simple solution, you can leave all these options unchecked. The options include:
   1. Protect Solution with Password - Will require a password to import the solution; an extra security step to reduce unauthorized individuals access to the solution.
   2. Export referenced modules - if checked, it will also export modules attached to the solution. The checked option will spawn an extra window to appear in the wizard to select which modules to export.
   3. Export all tables from referenced servers - if checked, it will export all the tables for any server used in the solution. If it is unchecked, only tables that are actually used in the solution will be exported.
   4. Export metadata tables
   5. Check metadata tables

   6. Export solution sample data - if checked, data (from the current connection) for every table exported will be included. You may choose a specific limit to the number of rows exported or you can choose to export all rows.

      CAREFUL

      If the dataset is large, then exporting too many rows may fail.

      TIP

      Even if you have exported sample data, if there is data already in a table when importing, it will not move sample data to the table on import.

   7. Export i18n data - exports i18n keys used in the solution
   8. Export users - exports Servoy users specified in user and group security
   9. Export based on DBI files only
4. Click Finish (if 'Export referenced modules' is checked, you will need to select modules to export, then click Finish)
5. The .servoy file will appear in the specified location.

Exporting Solution To .war File

See war deployment page for more info on how to export as war.

For mobile solutions see Exporting The Mobile Solution page on Mobile docs.

Exporting Solution To PhoneGap App

See Exporting The Mobile Solution page on Mobile docs for more details on PhoneGap export.

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