Importing Activation Cartridges from SAR Files

A SAR file is one method for storing an ASAP configuration within a single artifact. Import cartridges from SAR files when you want to load into Design Studio cartridges that have been packaged in a SAR file. For example, when new Oracle Activation Network cartridges are available, they are packaged into a SAR file and posted to the portal in a zipped format (TAR file) for download. You can download the TAR file, then extract the SAR file from the TAR file.

Additionally, when you build a new Activation Service cartridge, Design Studio generates a SAR file. When you have finished creating the service model, you can email the SAR file to another Design Studio user for import or check it into a source control system.

To import a cartridge from a SAR file:

Select File, then select Import.

The Import-Select dialog box appears.
Select Studio Wizards, then select Activation Archive (SAR) and click Next.

The Activation Archive Import Wizard appears in both the cases.
In the Activation Archive Import Wizard, click Browse to search for a suitable SAR file that contains the network cartridge you need to create your service cartridge.

After you select a SAR file, the fields in the wizard populate automatically for your cartridge.
Click Next.

Cartridges that were created in Design Studio populate the Cartridge Type field automatically with the correct type (this is a non-editable field).

Note:
For cartridges not created in Design Studio, you must select the type of cartridge you are importing.
Click Next.

The names of the two data schema entities (one entity for simple data elements and one entity for data structures) to which all the atomic action parameters of this cartridge are added appear.
(Optional) Select the location of the data schema entities.

Note:
The default location of the data schema entities for the cartridge is the cartridge project that is being imported.
Click Finish to start the import.

A new Activation Service cartridge project appears in the Studio Projects view.

Note:

Before working with an imported cartridge, see "Importing Activation Cartridge Projects" for more information about read-only statuses and working with sealed and unsealed cartridges.