When you click Create in the configuration package log, the Package Details step of the creation wizard is displayed.
The creation wizard has the following steps:
Note: You cannot create a configuration package with a component list that has no components selected.
- Package Details
Mandatory details related to the configuration package must be entered in this step.
- Package Components
Displays the configuration package component preview, based on the selected items from the Components Lists.
- Create
Enables you to publish the configuration package for production and download the configuration package zip file.
The New Configuration Package screen is divided into:
- Package Details
- Components Lists (multiple selection is available)
Package Details step
The Package Details contains the following fields:
- Package Name
- File Name (the zip file)
- Description
The File name and Description fields will be auto-populated once you enter the Package Name. You will be able to edit both the fields further.
The Components Lists provides the following information in two columns:
- List Name
- Creation Date
Package Components step
When you click Next in the Package Details step, you go to the the Package Components step. The Package Components page displays the package components from the selected components list (from the Package Details step).
Only two categories, and components, that are part of the selected component list are shown.
Example
If the user selected, List 1 (with categories Designs and Analytics) and List 2 (with categories Designs and Configuration and Configuration included business processes, only), then the following is displayed in the package components:
Categories
- Designs
- Configuration
- Analytics
Since the configuration included the component business process, the business process components are displayed under Configuration. Based on what is transferred from the selected items under Component Lists, you will see:
- Designs (There will be tab to see the Published designs , if any published designs are coming as part of the selected component lists. )
- Data Structure Setup
- Access Control
- Configuration
- Company Workspace
- Company Templates
- Shell Templates
- Single Instance Shells
- Analytics
You can use the filter option to search data for each column.
The print option prints the consolidated report, based on the selected components.
Click Next to go to the Creation step.
Creation step
In the Creation step, you can publish your configuration package for production and download the configuration package zip file after creation.
When you click Create, the system creates the configuration package.
Errors and Warnings
When you click Next in the Package Components step, the system performs an error check to determine if the configuration package is complete, or not.
If there are no errors, then you can see the last step, Create.
If there are errors, then the system displays the Package Error and Warnings step. In this step, you can resolve errors dependency errors dynamically. Once you fix the errors dynamically, click Back to see the results.
For other types of errors, you must save as draft, fix the errors at the application level, and then run the step.
The Refresh option enables you to refresh the dynamically resolved errors and proceed with the error processing.
When all the errors are resolved, or there are no errors in the configuration package, you can click Next in the Package component step and go to the Create screen, or Creation step.