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Changing column datatype and environments

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Posted on by hickley 2

Take a scenario of deleting a column and recreating with a different datatype. When exporting and importing the solution to another environment it will fail on import. In traditional SQL server based application you might handle this situation by having a migration SQL script to create the column with a different name, migrate any existing data from old to new column, delete old column, rename new column to old name. With Dataverse you don't have that luxury. What is the approach here?

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  • Ram Prakash Duraisamy Profile Picture
    Ram Prakash Duraisamy 5,699 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @hickley 

     

    As per OOB Behavior you cannot change Datatype of Field once it get Created, You need to Recreate the Field.

     

    If the Destination Environment is Unmanaged Solution --> Delete there and import it

     

    If the Destination Environment is Managed Solution --> You cannot Delete instead Create Difference Field in Source and Import it and Map the Respective code for the new fields.

     

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