Using Director Mode to Assemble a New Package

From System Administration Tools, select the Package and Deployment Tools menu, Package Assembly.

1. On the Work with Packages form, click Add, and then on the Package Assembly Director form, click Next.

2. On the Package Information form, complete the Package Name, Description, and Path Code fields.

   Note: The name of the package cannot be longer than eight characters.
   Note: You can build a single foundation package to deploy to all path codes by entering *ALL in the Path Code field. This option enables you to create an update package for service packs that can be installed to any path code. If you enter *ALL in the Path Code field, the application does not enable you to select, build, or deploy any objects (such as specs, business functions, and so on) in the package; you can only deploy a foundation. The package is built to a directory called all_packages, which is located under the release path (for example, e920/all_packages). This package can be deployed to any path code.Before you can use this option, you must define the *ALL path code in the Path Code Master application.

   See "Setting Up Path Codes" in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools System Administration Guide

3. Select the Director option, and click Next.

4. On Package Type Selection, complete these fields, and click Next:

   Field	Description
   Full	Select to create a full package that contains all specifications and foundation code.
   Update	Select to create an update package with specific items that can be deployed to specific users. If you are building a foundation package to the *ALL path code, the application automatically selects an update package.
   Parent Package	Indicate the parent package that the update package is based on or related to. This information is used by the system to determine how to build business functions.

5. On the Foundation Component form, perform one of these actions:

   • For full packages, accept the default location by clicking Next, or click Browse to specify another foundation location.

   • For an update, click Clear unless the package includes a foundation, and then click Next.

     See Adding a New Foundation Location.

6. On the Database Component form, perform one of these actions (Prior to Tools Release 9.2.5.0):

   • For full packages, accept the default location, or click Browse to specify another database location.

   • For an update, click Clear unless the package includes a foundation.

     See Adding a Database Location.

7. Complete one of these actions:

   • If you are assembling a full package, click Next.

     For a full package, the system builds your package from the deployment data source that is associated with the default object path. Verify that the correct location appears on the form, and proceed to the next step.

   • If you are assembling an update package, click Next on the Database Component form, and then proceed to the next step.

8. On the Object Component form, to add an object, click Browse.

   The Object Component form only appears when you are assembling an update package. If you are assembling a full package, the Default Object Component form appears and you cannot add objects.

9. On the Object Component Selection form, locate and select the objects that you want to include in your update package, and then click Close to return to the Object Component form.

   When you revise a previously assembled package, objects that you added earlier also appear on the Object Component Selection form.

10. On the Object Component form or Default Object Component form, click Next.

    The Features Component form appears, on which you can specify the features that you want to include in your package. When you revise a previously assembled package, the system displays the features that you added earlier.

11. To add a feature, click Browse.

12. On the Feature Component Selection form, click Find to display a list of features, select one or more features, and then click Select to add the features that you want to include in your package.

    To select multiple features, press the Ctrl or Shift key while clicking features, and then click Select.

13. Click Close to return to the Features Component form.

    See Adding Features to a Package.

14. On the Feature Component form, click Next.

15. On the Language Component form, click Next if English is the only language that you want to configure.

16. To add a language to the language specifications for your package, double-click its row header in the detail area, and click Next.

    If you add a language to your package, only that language will be included. For example, if you add French, English will not be included even though it is the default language. To include two languages (such as French and English), you must select the detail records for both languages.

17. Continue with the task Reviewing the Package Assembly Selections.