Creating replacement components for a virtual environment

Introduction

Having built a master process flow, review the steps and identify those for which the setup will vary by environment - i.e. any replacements that must be made when the process flow is run in different virtual environments - for example:

Which components can be replaced?

The following items can be replaced when a process flow is run in a virtual environment:

Item	Related shape/area
Connector instances	Connector
Data pools	De-dupe
Cross-reference lookups	Map shape (transform function)
Scripts	Script shape Map shape (transform function)
Company caches	Add to cache shape Load from cache shape Map shape (transform function)
Flow variables	Process flow settings
Flow priority	Process flow settings

Creating replacement components

Replacement components should be created as per standard instructions - for example, add connector instances, create scripts, cross-reference lookups, etc.

Take extra care with naming conventions for replacement components. Consistency at this stage will help when you go on to configure virtual environments. For example, if you intend to create virtual environments based on countries, your connector instances might be named:

• Shopify - UK - Sandbox

• Shopify - UK - Live

• Shopify - FR - Sandbox

• Shopify - FR - Live

• etc.

If you have multiple master process flows for deployment to virtual environments, you should create the required replacement components for all.

How are replacement components used?

Any components that you add now will be available for selection when you go on to configure replacements for virtual environment versions.