03. Updating mcdev

Update mcdev to the newest version

If you have mcdev already installed you can update your installation in a simplified way:

npm update -g mcdev

Migration Guide - v6 to v7

As mentioned in the v7 release there are a number of breaking changes that might disrupt existing processes after the update to v7. The following will show the changes split by metadata type. As part of #1333 the references to other metadata types was updated and as part of #1292 the way retention policies are displayed on dataExtensions was updated. Therefore, existing metadata needs to be updated manually or re-retrieved before it can be deployed again.

Asset

v6	v7
r__assetTemplate_Key	r__asset_key

AttributeGroup

v6	v7
attributeSetIdentifiers	r__attributeSet_key

AttributeSet

v6	v7
r__dataExtension_CustomerKey	r__dataExtension_key
relationships[].leftItem.r__attributeGroup_definitionKey	relationships[].leftItem.r__attributeGroup_key
relationships[].rightItem.r__attributeGroup_definitionKey	relationships[].rightItem.r__attributeGroup_key
relationships[].leftItem.r__attributeSet_definitionKey	relationships[].leftItem.r__attributeSet_key
relationships[].rightItem.r__attributeSet_definitionKey	relationships[].rightItem.r__attributeSet_key

Automation

v6	v7	Comment
steps[].activites[].name	steps[].activites[].r__key	❗ This is a change of the field name and its content. In v6 and before it was showing the name of the activity, starting with v7 it's listing the key.

DataExtensions

v6	v7
r__dataExtensionTemplate_Name	r__dataExtensionTemplate_name

The following shows the part of the dataExtension covering data retention only:

none:

// before:
{
    "RowBasedRetention": false,
    "ResetRetentionPeriodOnImport": false,
    "DeleteAtEndOfRetentionPeriod": false,
    "RetainUntil": "",
}

// after
{
    "c__retentionType": "none",
}

allRecordsAndDataextension:

// before:
{
    "DataRetentionPeriodLength": 6,
    "DataRetentionPeriodUnitOfMeasure": 3,
    "RowBasedRetention": false,
    "ResetRetentionPeriodOnImport": false,
    "DeleteAtEndOfRetentionPeriod": false,
    "RetainUntil": "5/9/2024 12:00:00 AM",
}

// after
{
    "c__retentionType": "allRecordsAndDataextension",
    "DataRetentionPeriodLength": 6,
    "c__dataRetentionPeriodUnitOfMeasure": 'Days',
//  "RowBasedRetention": false,
    "ResetRetentionPeriodOnImport": false,
//  "DeleteAtEndOfRetentionPeriod": false,
    "c__retainUntil": "2024-05-09",
}

individialRecords:

// before
{
    "DataRetentionPeriodLength": 6,
    "DataRetentionPeriodUnitOfMeasure": 3,
    "RowBasedRetention": true,
    "ResetRetentionPeriodOnImport": false,
    "DeleteAtEndOfRetentionPeriod": false,
    "RetainUntil": "",
}

// after
{
    "c__retentionType": "individialRecords",
    "DataRetentionPeriodLength": 6,
    "c__DataRetentionPeriodUnitOfMeasure": 'Days',
//    "RowBasedRetention": true,
    "ResetRetentionPeriodOnImport": false,
//    "DeleteAtEndOfRetentionPeriod": false,
//    "RetainUntil": "",
}

allRecords:

// before
{
    "DataRetentionPeriodLength": 6,
    "DataRetentionPeriodUnitOfMeasure": 3,
    "RowBasedRetention": false,
    "ResetRetentionPeriodOnImport": false,
    "DeleteAtEndOfRetentionPeriod": true,
    "RetainUntil": "5/9/2024 12:00:00 AM",
}

// after
{
    "c__retentionType": "allRecords",
    "DataRetentionPeriodLength": 6,
    "c__DataRetentionPeriodUnitOfMeasure": 'Days',
//    "RowBasedRetention": false,
    "ResetRetentionPeriodOnImport": false,
//    "DeleteAtEndOfRetentionPeriod": true,
    "c__retainUntil": "2024-05-09",
}

allRecords and resetOnImport: (like allRecords!)

{
    "c__retentionType": "allRecords",
    "DataRetentionPeriodLength": 6,
    "c__DataRetentionPeriodUnitOfMeasure": 'Days',
//    "RowBasedRetention": false,
    "ResetRetentionPeriodOnImport": true,
//    "DeleteAtEndOfRetentionPeriod": true,
    "c__retainUntil": "2024-05-09",
}

EmailSend

v6	v7
r__email_Name	r__email_name
r__assetMessage_Key	r__asset_key
r__assetMessage_Name	r__asset_name_readOnly
SendDefinitionList[].r__dataExtension_Key	SendDefinitionList[].r__dataExtension_key
r__senderProfile_CustomerKey	r__senderProfile_key
r__sendClassification_CustomerKey	r__sendClassification_key

Event

v6	v7
r__dataExtension_CustomerKey	r__dataExtension_key

ImportFile

v6	v7
c__destinationType	destination.c__destinationType
r__dataExtension_CustomerKey	destination.r__dataExtension_key
c__codeKeyword	destination.r__mobileKeyword_key
r__list_PathName	destination.r__list_PathName
c__sourceObjectKey	source.r__dataExtension_key
r__fileLocation_name	source.r__fileLocation_name

Journey

v6	v7
activities[].metaData.highThroughput.r__dataExtension_CustomerKey	activities[].metaData.highThroughput.r__dataExtension_key
activities[].configurationArguments.c__mobileCode	activities[].configurationArguments.r__mobileCode_key
activities[].configurationArguments.c__mobileMessage_id	activities[].configurationArguments.r__mobileMessage_key
activities[].configurationArguments.r__assetMessage_Name_readOnly	activities[].configurationArguments.r__asset_name_readOnly
activities[].configurationArguments.r__mobileKeyword_codeKeyword	activities[].configurationArguments.r__mobileKeyword_key.current activities[].configurationArguments.r__mobileKeyword_key.next
activities[].configurationArguments.r__transactionalEmail_definitionKey	activities[].configurationArguments.r__transactionalEmail_key
activities[].configurationArguments.triggeredSend.r__dataExtension_CustomerKey	activities[].configurationArguments.triggeredSend.r__dataExtension_key
activities[].configurationArguments.triggeredSend.r__sendClassification_CustomerKey	activities[].configurationArguments.triggeredSend.r__sendClassification_key
activities[].configurationArguments.triggeredSend.r__assetMessage_Name_readOnly	activities[].configurationArguments.triggeredSend.r__asset_name_readOnly
activities[].configurationArguments.triggeredSend.r__assetMessage_Key	activities[].configurationArguments.triggeredSend.r__asset_key
activities[].configurationArguments.triggeredSend.r__email_Name	activities[].configurationArguments.triggeredSend.r__email_name

MobileMessage

v6	v7
code.code	r__mobileCode_key
keyword.c__codeKeyword	keyword.r__mobileKeyword_key
subscriptionKeyword.c__codeKeyword	subscriptionKeyword.r__mobileKeyword_key
nextKeyword.c__codeKeyword	nextKeyword.r__mobileKeyword_key
c__campaignNames	r__campaign_key

Query

v6	v7
targetKey	r__dataExtension_key

SendClassification

v6	v7
r__senderProfile_CustomerKey	r__senderProfile_key

TransactionalEmail

v6	v7
r__asset_customerKey	r__asset_key
subscriptions.r__dataExtension_CustomerKey	subscriptions.r__dataExtension_key

TransactionalPush

v6	v7
content.customerKey	r__asset_key

TransactionalSMS

v6	v7
subscriptions.shortCode	subscriptions.r__mobileCode_key
subscriptions.keyword	subscriptions.r__mobileKeyword_key

TriggeredSend

v6	v7
r__assetMessage_Name_readOnly	r__asset_name_readOnly
r__assetMessage_Key	r__asset_key
r__email_Name	r__email_name
r__senderProfile_CustomerKey	r__senderProfile_key
r__sendClassification_CustomerKey	r__sendClassification_key

Verification

v6	v7
r__dataExtension_CustomerKey	r__dataExtension_key