Before You Begin

This 30-minute Oracle-by-Example (OBE) shows System Administrators how to deploy Configurations (Data Packs) using Change Assistant with the Application Interface Server (AIS) connection.

In this OBE, you will:

1. Verify the Update Center and AIS connection preferences.
2. Search for Configuration packages (Data Packs, UDO Bundles, or EnterpriseOne Sample packages) on the Oracle JD Edwards Update Center using Change Assistant.
3. Download a Data Pack(s) as a Batch.
4. Deploy the Data Pack(s) as a Server Batch.
5. Downloading Configurations - UN*_UDO_Bundle and EnterpriseOne Samples. 

Background

Starting with Tools Release 9.2.9, you can use Change Assistant with AIS (Application Interface Server) connection to deploy Configuration packages.

Configuration files: Data Packs, UN*_UDO Bundle, and EnterpriseOne Samples can be downloaded from the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Update Center.

Custom Configurations are created with Configuration Assistant and delivered to the Customer by the Business Partner.

There are two methods of deploying Configurations using Change Assistant.

• Deploying Configurations using Change Assistant on the Deployment Server.
• Deploying Configurations using Change Assistant with the Applications Interface Server (AIS) from a web client (without Deployment Server).

In this OBE, we will perform the steps to deploy Data Pack Configuration packages using Change Assistant with AIS connection.

Verifying Update Center and AIS Connections

To verify the JD Edwards Update Center and the AIS Server connections:

1. Launch Change Assistant from your desktop.
1. You might see the Token Authentication form if you have not provided the credentials or have an expired token.

   

2. Click OK.
3. Enter the credentials.
4. Authenticate the login. Change Assistant is launched.
2. From the Edit menu, select Preferences. The Preferences form is displayed.

   

3. In the Authentication tab, enter valid Update Center credentials.

   

4. In the AIS tab, enter these valid EnterpriseOne AIS credentials:
   • Authorization: Basic
   • USERID: AIS User ID
   • Password: AIS Password
   • Environment: Target AIS Environment
   • Role: *ALL
   • URL: AIS URL

   

5. Ensure that the Disable AIS Connection option is not selected.
6. Click OK to save the preferences. The Status Bar at the bottom right of the screen verifies the connections.

   

Searching for Configuration Packages on the Update Center Using Change Assistant

To search for Configuration packages on the JD Edwards Update Center:

1. Select Search for Packages from the Change Assistant tree node.
2. In the Advanced Search screen, set these criteria:
   • Type: Select Configurations.

     Note: UN*_UDO Bundle and EnterpriseOne Sample packages can also be deployed using this feature. Packages classified as Configurations that start with DME are not Configurations. They are Data Model.zip files that can be extracted using Change Assistant.

   • Release: Select 9.2.
   • Platform: Select All Platforms.
   • Target Environment: Select PS920 or a valid target environment to deploy the package.
   • Search by Names - Name: Enter DP*.

   

3. Click Search. The search result displays all the data packs available on the Update Center. You can show or hide the deployed packages using the toggle buttons .

   

   Note: The search results are environment aware. The packages that are already deployed to the specified environment (such as DP0129202) are grayed out and not selected. The UDO packages that are already in the repository are also not selected.

Downloading Configuration Packages as a Batch

To download a configuration data package as a batch from the Change Assistant search results:

1. Click X on the toolbar to deselect all packages.
2. Select data packages DP0200201 and DP0169201.

   

3. To download the selected packages to the default location as a batch, click Download To and select the download folder.

   

4. When AIS is active, the downloaded packages are imported to the package repository F96700R. When the download is complete, the Status of the downloaded packages changes to In Repository.

   

Deploying Configuration Packages as a Batch

To deploy the downloaded configuration packages as a batch:

1. Select Work with Server Batches from the tree node.

   

2. Select the batch containing the downloaded packages. The Packages tab on the Batch Details pane lists both the
   packages in the batch.

   

3. Select Deploy from the Toolbar. Alternatively, you can click the Batch Actions tab and then click New Deploy Action. The Web Deploy Environment Selection form is displayed.

   

4. If additional environments are selected, the following warning message appears. Click Yes.
   

   

5. Click OK to start the deployment. 

   Note: The Backup option will only backup Objects. It will not backup data.

   

6. The data replacement warning message is displayed. Click Yes.

   

7. The Change Assistant Deployment Summary page displays the deployment status. Click Show Details to review the deployment steps.

   

8. Review the deployment steps.

   

9. On completion of deployment, the Summary report displays the deployment status of each package. Click a package link in the report (DP0200201) to review the individual package activity.

   

10. The DP0200201 Summary report for DP0200201 details the package deployment with links to the Deploy Configuration on Web (R96701C) and the Deploy Configuration on Web (R98403WC) reports.
    

    

    

    

    

Downloading Configurations - UN*_UDO_Bundle and EnterpriseOne Sample

The UN*_UDO_Bundle are classified as type - Cumulative Updates on the JD Edwards Update Center. These packages can be web deployed as Configurations.

EnterpriseOne Samples are classified as type - EnterpriseOne Samples on the JD Edwards Update Center. These packages can be web deployed as Configurations.

After downloading from the JD Edwards Update Center, the UN*_UDO_Bundle and EnterpriseOne Sample packages appear as Configurations in Change Assistant.

Note: Follow the same procedures describes in the previous sections (Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4) to search, download, and deploy UN*_UDO_Bundle and EnterpriseOne Sample.

Want to Learn More?

• “Deploying Configurations Using Change Assistant with AIS Connection” in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools Software Updates Guide.
• JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools Configuration Assistant User's Guide.