Add-on Component Lists

The Add-on Components Lists sub-node lists all of the added component lists existing in the development environment and has the following toolbar options:

Notes:

The Add-on Component Lists and the Add-on Configuration Packages follow the same naming convention as regular Component Lists and Configuration Packages, for package names.
The file names for Add-on and Component Lists cannot contain these characters: forward slash (/), backslash (\), colon (:), asterisk (*), angle brackets (< >), and vertical bar, or the pipe (|), quotation marks (“ ”), and question marks (?). You can use close bracket ([ ]), open and close braces, or curly brackets ({ }), apostrophe or single quote ('), and semicolon (;).
The file names for Add-on and Configuration Packages (Package Name in Create and Import) cannot contain these characters: forward slash (/), backslash (\), colon (:), asterisk (*), angle brackets (< >), and vertical bar, or the pipe (|), quotation marks (“ ”), and question marks (?). You can use close bracket ([ ]), open and close braces, or curly brackets ({ }), apostrophe or single quote ('), and semicolon (;).

Create

Click to create an add-on component list. When you click Create, the Shell Templates window opens.

From the Shell Templates window you must select a shell template.

Notes:

Ensure that the components (from the selected shell template) do not contain dependencies on any shell attributes.
You must use unique names when you create multiple add-on component lists.

The user can create a configuration package by using the add-on component list, based on a selected shell template.

The Shell Templates window lists all of the available shell templates defined in the server. The shell templates are grouped by the shell type, in the Type drop-down list, regardless of the status of the shell template.

The Shell Templates window has the following toolbar options:

Type: Enables you to select one of the shell types of multiple instance shells.
Search: Enables you to filter the displayed list, based on the search parameters defined in uDesigner.
Find on Page: To search for a particular item.

You can select one shell template, only. Once you click on a shell template from the Shell Templates window, you can click the Select option to open the New Add-on Component List window.

Depending on the shell template that you select, the New Add-on Component List window groups the types of components available to export on the left-hand navigator, as grouping nodes. The following lists some of such components:

Designs
Data Definitions
Data Elements
Data Structure Setup
Configuration
Designs, Log Views, Customize Email Subject, Custom Templates
Company Workspace: Setup
"Shell Template Name:Shell Template Number"
Note: The Designs component will not show the Shell Manager grouping node in add-on packages because you cannot include shell designs in the component list.

If the selected "Shell Template Name:Shell Template Number" is displayed in the grouping node, then the components that are available for the shell template are as follows:

Note: This list is based on the selected shell template.

Access Control
Setup
Folder Structures
Sheets
Rules
User Defined Reports
Dashboards

All of the components available to be selected or tagged will be displayed similar to a regular component lists. For example, when you select "Setup," all of the components (such as the Business Processes, Dashboards, Gates, Configurable Managers, and so forth) that can be tagged will be displayed.

When you create an add-on component list, you can perform the following additional actions, similar to the component lists:

Error Check: To open the Add-on Component Analysis window (read below) which displays the list of errors or warnings related to the components selected.
Save: To save add-on component list, with a user-specified list name. The list name will be shown in the log.
Save As: To save a component list with a new name. This allows you to work edit a component list. When you create an add-on component list and click Save or Save As, a unique name validation will take place.
Cancel: To discard your changes and close the window.

Find on Page

To search for a particular item (a component list) in the Add-on Component Lists log.

The Add-on Component Analysis window is displayed when you tag the components in the add-on component list and perform an error check.

This window displays all of the dependency errors along with the miscellaneous errors or warnings. When you tag a shell template components and run an error check, you will see an error if the tagged shell template component has a dependency on the shell attribute design of the selected shell template.

For example, if the BP setup component of the shell template is tagged, and the BP design has data elements (such as shell picker, shell data picker, linked elements, or any data element) that have a dependency on the shell attribute design of the selected shell template, then the Add-on Component Analysis window displays an error which explains why the BP setup component cannot be included in the component list.

At this stage, you will be able to fix the shell attribute design dependency errors either by de-selecting the components that have a dependency on the shell attribute design of the selected shell template, or by saving it as a draft and making the necessary design changes accordingly and proceed to include component back in the add-on component list. This rule applies to all tagged shell template components such as BP Setups, Dashboard Setups, User Defined Reports, and so forth.

Note: The published designs will not be included in this add-on component list for the selected components.

When you finish, you can cancel the changes or apply the changes that you have made.

If the Add-on Component Analysis window displays no errors or warnings (related to the add-on component list), then Unifier displays the message: "There are no errors/warnings in the add-on component list."

The Add-on Components Lists sub-node has the following columns:

List Name	The name assigned to the add-on component list, by the user, during creation. This is a required field in the add-on component list window. The List Name column will display the name of the component lists that have been created. The error check status will display the status of the component list, whether it is complete or in draft, similar to the regular component lists.
Source Shell Template	This column will populate with the value "Shell Template Name:Shell Template Number" that the user has selected for the component list.
Shell Type	This column will display the shell type value based on the selected shell template. The tagged components might have dependency on Cost Manager of that shell type. The Shell Type field will be populated as either CBS Cost Codes or Generic Cost Codes, regardless of the components that are tagged with in the shell template. Note: The Shell Type field will be populated based on the shell template that the user has selected. One of the following values will be displayed based on the shell template selected. Selected shell template can be of the two types: Generic Cost Codes CBS Cost Codes
Last Error Check Status	The status will be displayed based on the error check. The values can be one of the following: Pending Complete Error
Creation Date	The date the add-on component list was created. The date form is according to the user preferences.
Last Error Check	The date the last error check was performed. The value will be empty if no error check was done for the add-on component list. The user can save the add-on component lists with errors. The user can also save the add-on component lists without doing an error check. The date component list is validated for any errors will be displayed in the Last Error Check column.
Last Modified Date	The date the add-on component list was last modified.

The gear menu options for each item in the Add-on Component Lists log:

Open	To edit the component lists that have been created. When you click Open, the Edit Add-Component List window opens. From the top right-hand corner, use the Selected Components in the List menu (Numbered list icon) to open the Selected Components window and view, see the total number of, or update the selected components. The function is similar to the function of the View > Selected Components option; however, this menu option enables you to select or deselect an item from the list and click Update to update the list of selected or not selected components. You can use the Print menu (printer icon) to print the items on the Edit Add-Component List window log. Use the Name field to change the name of of the component. Use the Error Check option to run an error check for the items displayed on the log. Use Save to save any changes that you have made on an item. Use Save As to save an item with a different name. The Expand-Collapse option (plus or minus icon) enables you to expand or collapse the items on the log. The View option enables you to set the log view through the following options: All Components: To see all of the components, in the window. Selected Components: To see only the selected components, in the window. Not Selected Components: To see only the components that have not been selected, in the window. Use the Find on Page to search for a specific item on the log.
Delete	To delete the list name if it is not used in a draft of the Add-on Configuration Package.
Print	To print the package contents.
Download last checked error/warning report	To download the last error or warning report.

Open

To edit the component lists that have been created. When you click Open, the Edit Add-Component List window opens.

From the top right-hand corner, use the Selected Components in the List menu (Numbered list icon) to open the Selected Components window and view, see the total number of, or update the selected components. The function is similar to the function of the View > Selected Components option; however, this menu option enables you to select or deselect an item from the list and click Update to update the list of selected or not selected components.

You can use the Print menu (printer icon) to print the items on the Edit Add-Component List window log.

Use the Name field to change the name of of the component.

Use the Error Check option to run an error check for the items displayed on the log.

Use Save to save any changes that you have made on an item.

Use Save As to save an item with a different name.

The Expand-Collapse option (plus or minus icon) enables you to expand or collapse the items on the log.

The View option enables you to set the log view through the following options:

All Components: To see all of the components, in the window.
Selected Components: To see only the selected components, in the window.
Not Selected Components: To see only the components that have not been selected, in the window.

Use the Find on Page to search for a specific item on the log.

Delete

To delete the list name if it is not used in a draft of the Add-on Configuration Package.