Where documents are stored in Mendix platform

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if I am creating an application in Mendix web portal, then whether it stores all the related documents in Mendix cloud team server and once I import the code from team server to Mendix desktop modeler, then it stores the copy of documents to local path.   Please confirm
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Hi,

Please check this article that explains version control: https://www.mendix.com/evaluation-guide/app-lifecycle/version-control

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Hi Ashirbad,

  It depends on what you mean by 'documents'.  File documents, that is thing that are uploaded in the browser by the user, are not stored in your team server repository.  If your users are uploading PDFs and excel documents to your cloud or sandbox environment, then downloading a copy of the code base from the team server will NOT transfer those file documents.  Just like the cloud database is not committed to the repository, file documents are not committed either.  If you would like to use your cloud database locally, you will need to follow a special process that involves downloading a backup:

  https://www.mendix.com/blog/using-cloud-db-backups-local-development-environment/

There is one additional piece of complexity here: What is a document?  In the Mendix Business Modeler, things like pages, microflows, and enumerations are called 'documents.'  Documents in this case refers to Mendix artifacts that are used to build the app.  These documents, of course, are committed to the team server.  So if when you say 'I am creating an application in the Mendix Web portal' you mean using the web modeler to create things like pages and microflows then YES those documents will be committed to the team server and will be downloaded when you open them up in the desktop modeler.  Here is more information on synching your changes in the web modeler with the desktop modeler:

https://docs.mendix.com/howto/web-modeler/syncing-webmodeler-desktop

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