MS CRM: Exporting Solutions

Exporting Solutions:

Import an Unmanaged Solution

To import a Solution, click Import on the Solutions view. You can then enter the
path and file name of the file holding the Solution. A Solution file contains the
type of export (managed or unmanaged), so ensure you select the correct file by
name.

You can choose to View solution package details, this will show a dialog box
describing the Solution attributes and listing the components it contains.
When the import is finished successfully, a summary screen of the Solution
components is displayed:


From here, you can download a log file of the import process in Excel format.
This is useful when tracking the cause of import failures.
When an unmanaged Solution is imported, the customizations it contains
overwrite any customizations already in place. This applies only to
customizations explicably present in the Solution.


EXAMPLE: Connie exports a Solution as unmanaged containing a Customer
Interest entity. The entity contains a field called Interest Time of data type
Integer. After the export, Pete deletes the Interest Time field from the entity.
Connie recreates the field but, although she specifies the same name, she makes
the new field Date and Time. If Connie tries to import the Solution she exported
earlier, the import will fail. The Import Summary screen will show that the
failure occurred in the Customer Interest component.
In the preceding example, if Connie had downloaded the log file, she could view
the exact cause of the error:

A video which helps you to understand exporting solutions better are as follows,