Publishing and Versioning

Track changes and productionize apps with versions

Versioning allows you to easily manage historic instances, drafts, and published default versions of your applications.

What is the difference between a draft, a version, and a default version?

1. Drafts are not saved permanently, and only the latest draft is saved.

2. Versions on the other hand are permanently saved. They can always be viewed and restored. You can also run versions of apps as a batch, API, or add them to another workflow or agent

3. The Default Version is the version of the app that:

   1. Users interact with in the AirOps UI

   2. Runs when you call the Execute POST endpoint, unless another version is passed in as a parameter

How do I create a new version?

When you're ready to share, integrate, or run your application, publish it into a permanent version by clicking "Publish App" in the top right-hand corner:

Publish an app to run in production

This generates "Version 1" of your application, which now acts as the Default Version.

What happens to my previous version if I publish again?

All previously published versions are permanently saved, and a new version becomes the Default version.

Utilizing Previous Versions

To view the previous versions of your application, simply click on the "Versions" dropdown and select the desired version:

View and access previous versions

Your draft will NOT be overwritten by simply clicking on a previous version.

Restoring previous versions as a draft

To restore a previous version to your current draft, start by selecting your desired historical version from the dropdown, then hitting "Restore."

Your current draft WILL be overwritten by clicking "Restore," so be sure you don't have any changes that could be lost.

Restore a previous version as a draft

This promotes your historic version into the current draft, which you can then choose to save or publish.

Set previous versions as the Default Version

To restore a previous version to be your Default Version, start again by selecting your desired historical version from the dropdown, then hitting "Set Default."

Set a previous version as default

When you change the default version, only the version in production is changed. The latest draft does NOT change.

Referencing Versions through the API

Once you have multiple versions of your application, you can specify which specific version to execute via the AirOps API.

To do this, navigate back to the display window of your application, and click on the "Integrate" tab at the top:

The general POST command will always run against the Default Version, while the Versioning endpoint allows you to specify the desired version to execute.