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Is there a way to create a solution that has no dependencies on previous solutions?

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I have created a model-driven app that includes a new entity, custom forms, a flow, and other customized features. I created a solution early on, and several solutions since making modifications. Now I have to import several iterations of the solution to arrive at its current state in a new environment.

Is there a way to blow away all the previous solutions and just create a single solution for distribution of the completed app?

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Hamish Sheild 3,005 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @UncleBeuford,

Are you deploying your solutions as managed solutions or unmanaged?

It they are unmanaged then you can simply just create a new solution in your source environment and put all of your components into it that you want to deploy. You can then delete the other unmanaged solutions from your environments. When solutions are unmanaged they are simply just a way of grouping all of your components. If you delete an unmanaged solution, all of the components that were in that solution still remain in your environment.

If you are deploying managed solutions then it is more complex. I'll tackle that for you if you are in fact using managed solutions. Let me know

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I have been using managed solutions. I want to be able to deploy the app and its components to a new client and don't want to have to install multiple solutions to get to the finished product.

Help me Obi Wan (and thanks)!!

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Hamish Sheild 3,005 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @UncleBeuford

If you are wanting to import into a completely new environment where you haven’t imported any of your solutions before you can just create a new solution in your source environment with all the components that you need to deploy. Export as managed and import into the destination environment.

If you want to import into an environment where you already have the smaller solutions then you are likely to run into issues. You would have to remove the smaller solutions first

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You can merge solutions. When you export other solutions, extract the zip.
Open “Solution.xml” files in a notepad (Solution.xml)
In the “Unique Name” node, change the unique name to what you have for the original solution. Do this for all other solutions and all of them will combine to become one.

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