Production lists are designed to store operational data that changes as end users modify data within production models.

The contents of production lists, and any of the values of any associated properties, are part of a model's production data. If you create a model from a revision tag, any production lists in the new model will be empty.

If you set up production lists before synchronization, it allows the list members to be added, deleted, or amended within the production model in Deployed mode. When ‌synchronization takes place, only ‌structural information is transferred. Production data never moves from development to production.

Production lists might include:

  • Employee names
  • Product names
  • Customer names
  • Project names

End users can modify the contents of production lists via dashboards. For example, they might:

  • Enter a new project into a Projects list.
  • Change the parent region of a team from East to West.
  • Reorder items in a Products list.

Production lists in development models

When you design, build, or update a development model, you can set lists as production lists. 

Because production lists contribute toward your workspace size allowance, use reduced versions of production lists in development models. These reduced versions should preserve the hierarchy of the full list. For example, in a Projects list, only include the clients that individual projects roll up to. These reduced lists might be imported from a development version of a Data Hub.

Production lists in test and production models

In test and production models that are in Deployed mode, workspace administrators can:

  • Access the General lists page.
  • Change the contents of production lists from the General lists page.

The Structural Information Reference page provides detailed information on what changes are allowed for production lists.

Unlike structural information, production data is unable to synchronize from one model to another. Instead, import production data between models using Source Models.

Production lists are part of a model's production data. Manage production lists in production models only.

Production lists in a development model might synchronize inconsistently with a production model if these settings are applied to the production list items:

Formulas are also unable to reference items in a production list.

Production lists in composite hierarchies

If a production list is part of a composite hierarchy, you can also set any child lists in the hierarchy as production lists. If you unset a list as a production list, the production list status is removed from all parent lists in the same hierarchy.