To deploy to a runtime server group

This procedure deploys to a runtime development, test, or production server group for the Interactive Channel.

Before deploying to a live, customer-facing production runtime server group, you must confirm that all interactive offers, interactive flowcharts, interaction strategy tabs, interaction points, zones, and events are tested and approved.

Also, after you create a stable deployment, do not make any changes to the Interactive channel, interactive flowcharts, and interaction strategies that are associated with this deployment to ensure that you send the same configuration when you deploy to the next group of servers (such as the production servers).

Navigate to the deployment tab of the interactive channel that you want to deploy.

The interactive channel deployment tab is displayed.

Click Deploy Interactive Channel Changes.

The Deploy Interactive Channel Changes dialog is displayed.

Use the Select a server group where changes will be deployed drop-down list to specify the development, test, or production server group on which you want to deploy.

Enter a version name for this deployment version, such as Portal_CustomerCheck_6 or another value that is meaningful to you in the deployment history and other reports.

Optionally, enter a description for this deployment that is meaningful to you in the deployment history and other reports to help track the decisions and purpose behind this deployment.

Optionally, select or clear the Also deploy current global settings check box.

This check box is selected by default, and deploys global settings that include learning configuration settings, offer attribute definitions, audience level mappings, and custom macros. Because deploying these settings might affect other interactive channels that are already deployed in the same server group, you might want to clear this check box to leave existing settings in server group as they already are configured.

Confirm you have verified the prerequisites by selecting the check boxes.

The Deploy the Changes button does not become active until you confirm all the prerequisites.

Click Deploy the Changes.

Enter the user name and password for the Interact user on the runtime server and click Login to Server.

If you complete multiple deployments during the same IBM® EMM user session, the login data for the runtime server is cached, so you do not have to enter it again.

Also, be aware that the credentials you enter here must be defined within IBM® Marketing Platform, even if Windows™ Integrated Login is enabled for your installation. Windows™ Integrated Login credentials are not used to authorize deployments.

The data is deployed to the selected runtime server group. You can view the results in the Deployment History section of the deployment tab, and with the Interactive channel deployment history report.