1. User Guide
  2. Validate and deploy a study
  3. Follow this four-step process
  4. Step 4: Deploy the study to Oracle InForm
  5. Initiate manual deployment
  6. Execute the deployment package
  7. Deployment ConfigFile options

Deployment ConfigFile options

As an alternative to entering deployment options at the command line or in a script, you can include the options for executing a deployment package in a configuration file referenced by the /ConfigFile command-line option. The configuration file is in XML format.

Option Description

<DeploymentData>

 xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.phaseforward.com/DeploymentData/2006-04-25"

<HostName />

<HostUserName />

<HostUserPassword />

<HostSharedDirectory />

<HostSharedDirectoryLocalPath />

 Reserved for future use.
<TargetType/> INFORM
<ServerName/> Name of the InForm application server.
<TrialName/> Name of the InForm study.
<UserName/> Oracle user name for the study database.
<UserPassword/> Oracle password for the study database.
<StrictMode/>
  • TRUE—Only complete MedML definitions of study components can be loaded into the study; an incomplete definition causes the installation to fail.
  • FALSE—Incomplete study component definitions are permitted.
<TrialMode/>
  • DB—The deployment process creates an ODBC connection for the study to the specified database instance. When you specify this option, include the connection string to the database instance in the <DatabaseConnectString/> option.
  • DSN—The study uses an existing ODBC connection. When you specify this option, include the name of the trial DSN in the <TRIDSN /> option.
<TRIDSN /> ODBC System DSN for the Oracle InForm study.
<DatabaseConnectString/> Connection string for the Oracle instance.
<TrialStartupMode/>
  • Automatic—The Oracle InForm study starts automatically when the Oracle InForm Service starts.
  • Manual—The Oracle InForm study must be started manually.
<ServerStartupMode/>
  • Automatic—The Oracle InForm server starts automatically when the Oracle InForm Service starts.
  • Manual—The Oracle InForm server must be started manually.
<ForceBASEInstall/>
  • TRUE—Clear the study database, if the study exists, and install the Base study.
  • FALSE—(Default) Do not force the Base study to be installed.
<CheckInFormVersion/>
  • TRUE—(Default) Check the Oracle InForm version to make sure that it is compatible with the current version of the Oracle Central Designer application. If the software versions are not compatible, deployment does not continue.
  • FALSE—Do not check the Oracle InForm version to make sure that it is compatible with the current version of the Oracle Central Designer application. You might select this option if you are running deployment with the /testconversion option, which does not install the study MedML.

<ProtocolName />

<ProtocolUserName />

<ProtocolUserPassword />

<DBAdminUser />

<DBAdminUserPassword />

<DataSpace />

<TableSpace />

<UNCHelpDirectory />

<VirtualHelpDirectory />

<WebPath />

<SSL/>

 Reserved for future use.

Parent topic: Execute the deployment package