Function documentationPMD Transport Workbench: Import + Install Tab Page

 

The functions on the “Import + Install“ tab page are used to create or select installation packages to be used to install document categories in a subsequent step.

A distinction is made between the following use cases:

  • Import for Transports via BC Set: You have one or more BC sets which contain installation packages and wish to create the contained document categories on your system.

  • Upload from File System: You have placed a file with an installation package in your file system and wish to use it to create a document category.

  • Install Document Categories: You wish to select one or more of the existing installation packages and create the packed document categories on your system.

Note Note

Document category definition which were transported within your system landscape via TABU transport, are available as installation packages without additional outlay.

Development environment objects are also automatically entered in the system if the transports are transferred into the target system.

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Features

The Import + Install tab page is divided into two areas which are organized as tables.

  • Installation Packages area

  • Log area

Furthermore the tab page also contains a function key for the further processing of the table content from the Installation Packages area.

  • Install Document Categories (Install Document Categories)

Functions in the Installation Packages Area

In addition to the standard table functions Detail, Sort Ascending/Descending, Print, Empty Display, Select All, Deselect All the following functions are also available in the Installation Packages area:

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Description

Load Installation Packages (Load Installation Packages)

All existing installation packages are displayed.

Load with Restriction (Load with Restriction)

Opens the Select Installation Package dialog. You can enter selection criteria to restrict the quantity of installation packages to be displayed.

Import from File System (Import from File System)

Opens a dialog where you can select the storage location of the file.

Activate BC Set BC Set (Activate BC Set)

Opens a dialog which prompts you to name the BC set to be activated. Search help is available for finding the name. The creator of the BC set should have informed you of the definite name. As a rule the names should begin with ”ISH_N2_INSTPMD_*“.

Individual Installation via Wizard (Individual Installation via Wizard)

This function is available in the row of a selected installation package. You can process a guided, interactive installation routine for the selected installation package. The check processes are documented step-by-step. You can cancel the installation procedure at any time.

The list of installation packages contains the following information on the displayed entries:

  • Created On

  • Creation time

  • Inst?; A green checkmark flags any packages which have already been installed

  • Install via Wizard; You are guided through the installation process step-by-step and receive update messages on this.

  • How?; Icons map how the installation package arrived in the system. Via Start of the navigation path Context Menu Next navigation step Details End of the navigation path you can receive brief information on the installation package. Possible import routes are:

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    Meaning

    - (-)

    Via transport

    - (-)

    Via BC set activation

    - (-)

    Via upload

    - (-)

    Via installation
Functions in the Log Area

The Log area displays a log record for each installed document category following the installation procedure. The log records for an installation package are available in the context menu under the Details entry. Standard table functions are available in the table:

Activities

1. Step: Select or Create and Select Installation Packages

The installation package that you wish to install must first appear as an entry in the Installation Packages area. There are three possible ways this can happen:

  • Import for Transports via BC Set

    Select Activate BC Set (Activate BC Set) and enter the name of the BC set. Choose Continue. The BC set is activated, the installation package is created and displayed in the table. Following activation corresponding information is displayed in the Log area. The installation package is imported if the log displays the message “Imported from BC Set”.

  • Upload from File System:

    Select Import from File System (Import from File System) and navigate to the storage location of the file. Select the file, and then choose Open. The window closes again and the installation package determined from the file is displayed in the list of installation packages. The system displays the UPLOADED message in the Log area.

  • Display Installation Packages:

    Select Load Installation Packages (Load Installation Packages) or Load with Restriction (Load with Restriction), to create a list of existing installation packages. The number of found entries is displayed in the table header. In the Log area one of the following entries appears next to the creation time for each installation package:

    • IMPORTED (when imported via BC sets)

    • UPLOADED (if uploaded from the file system)

    • INSTALLED (if a document category has already been created with the installation package)

    Caution Caution

    he loading of installation packages takes some time depending on the number of existing packages, as the system must check all packages to see whether they are PMD installation packages.

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2. Step: Install Document Categories:

From the list in the Installation Packages area select the desired installation package(s) and then choose Install Document Categories (Install Document Categories). Enter the target client and institution in the dialog which opens. If document categories contain combo boxes and you wish to transfer the supplied combo box values, set the corresponding indicator.

Caution Caution

Note that when you transfer combo box values any existing entries you may have made will be overwritten.

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Choose Continue.

The data is installed. The system displays the INSTALLED message as the result in the Log area.

Note Note

Note that there can be an additional BC set with language-dependent components for installation packages which were supplied via BC set. In order to be able access the contained language components, do not activate the BC set until after the installation of the document category. The creator of the BC set should have informed you of the definite name. As a rule the names should begin with ”ISH_N2_INSTPMD_*_T“.

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