CDT Concepts
- CDT source and target environments
The Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation Configuration Deployment Tool deploys data from one Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation environment to another. - CDT configuration groups and driver entities
The entire set of the Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation configuration data is broken down into logical subsets called "configuration groups" and "driver entities". Configuration groups and driver entities are predefined and cannot be changed. - Importing externally maintained configuration data
In your implementation of Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation, you may be required to import certain data into your target that is not part of your source Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation database. For these tables, you should not use CDT to deploy data as it does not have access to the correct data. - How to deploy custom tables using the CDT
The CDT automatically deploys configuration tables and extensions defined within the Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation database framework. If you have custom (non-Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation) configuration tables defined in your installation, CDT needs to be specially configured to deploy these tables. - How the CDT handles foreign key checks
The CDT enforces data consistency by deploying all related tables that define an entity together in one operation. - Transform data using the CDT
The CDT enables you to automatically transform these data elements into target-appropriate values by letting you specify transformations to be carried out on the source data before it is deployed into the target. - CDT resource files
The CDT resource files allow you to modify the CDT preference settings, database-specific settings, and so forth.
Parent topic: Deployment tools overview