DataSource Naming Best Practice Info

RE: DataSource Naming Best Practice Info

simranj0886 — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 21:46:53 GMT

Peter Lewis I really appreciate your quick guidance on the same! Thank you! 😃

RE: DataSource Naming Best Practice Info

simranj0886 — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 21:43:58 GMT

I agree, however I see the administrators have set up the datasource name different in all the environments, hence looking out for the formal documentation available on the best practice/impact, if any.

RE: DataSource Naming Best Practice Info

Peter Lewis — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 21:43:48 GMT

Sure, we document that right here: https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/latest/Appian_Administration_Console.html#data-sources

The key phrase is: "If you are using multiple environments, a data source with the same name must be created in each environment."

RE: DataSource Naming Best Practice Info

Abhay Dalsaniya — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 21:42:20 GMT

The object name should be same on different environments. Why you need different name based on the environment?

RE: DataSource Naming Best Practice Info

simranj0886 — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 21:42:13 GMT

Dear Peter Lewis Thank you for your input. I would really appreciate if you can help me in pointing out any documentation for the same?

RE: DataSource Naming Best Practice Info

Peter Lewis — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 21:37:43 GMT

I'd recommend keeping the same name for the database in each of your environments. It's already implied that it will go against the dev/uat/prod version of those, so naming it more about the business purpose (e.g. Case Management DB) will generally be easier to work with.

RE: DataSource Naming Best Practice Info

simranj0886 — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 20:41:22 GMT

Thank you kaushikmg my concern is related specific to the data source naming conventions.

For e.g. Appian DEV has a datasource configured with name as "sample-dev-db01" where as the datasource name in Appian UAT is configured as "sample-uat-db01" due to which every time the deployment is happening the datastore entity need to be added manually and then all the constants pointing to the datastoreEntity need to updated manually!

Hence I want a guideline on the datasource configuration in different environments and what is the Appian Best Practice? I couldn't find in any of the best practices/standards shared by Appian.

RE: DataSource Naming Best Practice Info

kaushikmg — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 02:21:52 GMT

Best practice for naming all the objects is defined here - Standard Object Names - Appian 22.4

RE: DataSource Naming Best Practice Info

Abhay Dalsaniya — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 02:08:03 GMT

This page provides standard Appian design objects and object property naming conventions that you can adapt to your environment and organizational guidelines as needed.