Baseline
Published 31 July 2019
In order to help you get up to speed more quickly when you have an existing database, SQL Change Automation provides the baselining step in the initial setup. Baselining uses a snapshot of your database's schema to provide a starting point for migration development. This allows you to create new databases containing the schema of production.
SQL Change Automation supports two baseline formats:
- Baseline scripts - A migration script containing a baseline schema matching your production database
- Using a SQL Clone image as a baseline - A virtualised copy of your production database including data
Creating a baseline
Creating a baseline is an optional step when setting up your project. We strongly recommend creating a baseline when you intend to deploy your project against an existing database. This step is unnecessary for a greenfield project.
Baselining is a read-only process, and no changes will be made to the production database.