Business Package Installation 

Purpose

When you install business packages, you make them available in SAP NetWeaver Portal.

From a technical perspective, business package installation consists of an import of content objects. For more information about importing content objects, visit the Help Portal at help.sap.com ® SAP NetWeaver ® Portal ® Administration Guide ® System Administration ® Transport, Upload, and Content Mirroring ® Transport of Portal Objects.

 

Prerequisites

You must be logged on to the SAP NetWeaver Portal.

 

Process Flow

As of NetWeaver 2004, you use the download manager to import your packages.

If you want to install business packages from earlier releases (Enterprise Portal 5.0 or Enterprise Portal 6.0), you must work through the following steps:

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·        Unpack the business package on the portal server

·        Import the business package to SAP NetWeaver Portal

 

Unpacking the Business Package

Work through the following steps:

       1.      Open Windows Explorer.

       2.      To unpack the downloaded ZIP file, double-click the file with the name suffix <Business package name>.zip. WinZip opens automatically.

       3.      To save the content of the ZIP file to the portal server, choose Extract and specify the following path: C:\EnterprisePortal\DataFile\Data\Import\<myfolder>

       4.      Choose Extract again.

The business package file is unpacked and saved to the portal server.

 

Importing the Business Package

Work through the following steps:

       5.      In SAP NetWeaver Portal, choose the System Administration ®Transport workset.

       6.      To import the business package, choose Import.

       7.      Choose the default setting, Server, assuming you have extracted the business package ZIP file directly to the portal server.

       8.      To select the business package in the import directory, choose Browse.

       9.      Select the relevant file.

In the case of 5.0 business packages, select the ZIP file.

In the case of 6.0 business packages, select the com.sap.<business package name >.epa file.

   10.      Choose Select.

   11.      A screen with the import preview appears. In the Content to be overwritten field, choose the default value, All, to overwrite existing content objects.

   12.      A screen with the import status appears. In the Status column of the Import Status Details, the OKentry indicates whether the import was successful.

Note that the import process may take some time to complete.

 

Result

Once the installation is completed, a success message appears.

 

Depending on the application, you must work through different steps to complete post-installation processing. For example, you must complete tasks such as modifying the system landscape and creating or assigning portal roles.