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ISVs use Solution Packager to create solution packages. To deliver the settings from a certain solution package to a new SAP Business One database, you use the new company wizard to create a new company based on the solution package.

Prerequisites

The related solution package exists.

Procedure

To start the new company wizard in SAP Business One, proceed as follows:

  1. Choose   Administration   Choose Company  .

  2. In the Choose Company window, from the Current Server dropdown list, select the server on which you want to create the new company.

    If you want to change the displayed server, choose Change Server and select the server from the dropdown list to the left of the field.

    Note Note

    Make sure that the version of the Microsoft SQL Server you select here is not lower than the one the ISV used for packaging the solution. Otherwise, an error message is displayed in the wizard when you are creating the company.

    Only if you specify a local server here, are you later able to define, in the Defining the External Database step, an additional database (other than the SAP Business One database) that is part of the solution. Otherwise, in that step, the External Database Name field is disabled.

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  3. From the New dropdown list, select New From Package.

  4. In the Site User window, specify the password for B1SiteUser.

  5. Choose the OK button.

You have started the new company wizard.

Current Server

From the dropdown list, select a server, MSSQL_2005 or MSSQL_2008. The available SAP Business One servers are listed accordingly in the adjacent dropdown list. To switch to another SAP Business One server, select it from the dropdown list.

New

Lets you create a new company database.

To create a new company based on a solution package, from the dropdown list, select New From Package.

To create a new company based on a solution package, and to log on to the new company, follow the wizard steps:

  1. Selecting Solution Package on which to base the new company

  2. Confirming the Solution Package Information

  3. Specifying New Company name and database name

  4. Selecting Chart of Accounts

  5. Specifying Posting Periods

  6. Defining the External Database

  7. Confirming the New Company Summary

    The wizard starts to create the new company. The Creating New Company Progress window displays the progress in real time.

  8. In the New Company Created Successfully window, choose the Close button.

Result

You have created a new company based on the solution package. The new company inherits the configurations from the solution package.

You have closed the wizard and logged on to the new company in SAP Business One.

Note Note

If any error occurs during the wizard run, the new company is not created. The wizard displays an error message. Choose the Close button to close the wizard.

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