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To create one or more software components (SCs), you require a development track.

Prerequisites

You have configured a domain. The applications SLD, DTR, and CBS have been started.

Procedure

To create a development track, perform the following steps:

  1. Choose New. All input fields are now empty and ready for you to enter data. Default URLs are entered for DTR and CMS.

  2. Enter the following data:

    Note Note

    If you are working with proxy settings in SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio, you must enter fully specified URLs in the URL fields of the track configuration. If you do not do this, the SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure (NWDI) cannot communicate with SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio.

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Track Parameters

Parameter Name

Meaning

Repository Type

Type of the repository for which you are creating the track The types DTR and XI currently exist. Choose the DTR repository type.

Track ID

Technical key of the track This track ID can have a maximum of eight characters. You can choose this track ID only when you create the track for the first time. Once you save it for the first time, it can no longer be changed.

Track Name

User-defined name of the track used for the display in the user interface The track name must be unique within the domain.

For example: SANDBOX.

Track Description

Description of the track This description can include, for example, the function of the track, such as Development of software component (SC) xy, repair track for SC yz.

Final Assembly Track

Select this field if you want to create software component versions in this track and deliver them to customers.

DTR URL

HTTP address of the server on which the DTR is installed

(Input value: http://<host name>:<port number>/dtr)

CBS URL

HTTP address of the server on which the CBS is installed.

(Input value: http://<host name>:<port number>)

Development Configuration

Name of the development configuration in which you are working in SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio.

To make it easier to find them, the development configurations always have the name of the track.

Development Configuration Description

Description of the development configuration.

It matches the track description.

Development Configuration Path

Hierarchical path used to structure the development configurations when they are downloaded in SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio.

Use the paths to put tracks in groups of development configurations with related content. (Example values:

/<ExampleArea1>/<ExampleRelease1>

/<ExampleArea2>/<ExampleRelease2>)

  1. In the Software Components (SC) table, choose the Add SC... function. The Software Components and Usage Dependencies dialog box appears. The table shows you all available software component releases´.

    You can filter this list and sort the data in ascending or descending order.

  2. In the table, select those software component releases that you want to develop in the track and choose the correct package type (the default is Source and Archive). You use the Developed column to specify whether the SC is added to the track configuration as a developed or required SC.

    Note Note

    Required Software Components are SCs on which the new SCs have dependencies. You must define these dependencies when you create the software components in the SLD. You can also define SC dependencies in CMS itself (see also Editing Dependencies Between Software Components).

    Choose Add. The selected software components are inserted in the table. The CMS also checks the dependency relationships defined for the software component in the SLD and adds them to the track configuration.

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  3. If required, repeat this procedure for all SCs that you want to develop in this track and then exit the dialog box by choosing Close.

    Note Note

    The table allows you to select more than one entry. You can also copy all software components to the Software Components (SC) table.

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  4. (Optional) If you want to configure runtime systems, switch to the Runtime Systems tab page.

  5. (Optional) If you want to configure build variants and build options, choose the Build Variants tab page.

  6. Choose Save.

Result

The CMS generates a track for the development of the specified software components. This also generates development configurations for both the development state and consolidation state of the SC. You can then download these development configurations in SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio. The different development configurations can then be identified by their name extensions.

Example Example

The DevConf development configuration, for example, is located under the following names in SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio:

DevConf_D for development

DevConf_C for consolidation

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