The Ultimate Package Automation Tool

FORZA PACKMANEnterpriseOne Package Manager (PACKMAN) is a tool which has been designed and developed to significantly reduce the number of manual steps required to assemble, build and deploy update packages and at the same time mitigate the risk of errors by automating the manual steps typically involved in this process.

PACKMAN is an essential tool for supporting your Oracle J.D.Edwards EnterpriseOne implementation whether you are upgrading from one release to another or implementing EnterpriseOne for the first time. If there is a requirement to build and deploy update packages on a regular basis, PACKMAN will reduce the strain on your CNC/Development resources by automating manually intensive, time consuming and error prone activities associated with building update packages.

• Decrease the time required for assembling, building and deploying packages.

• Minimize manual administration tasks for the promotion and deployment of object modifications and ESU’s.

• Minimize errors by reducing the number of manual tasks.

• Automate periodic update packages. No manual intervention needed.

• Receive email notifications at any phase in the PACKMAN package build process.

• Update package definition is automatically generated.

• Building and deployment of packages can be automatically executed.

• Introduces ‘new’ reports which display the package build and deployment status.

• Promote multiple projects with one ‘click’.

• Overview package reports with the option to print special instructions per project.

• Configurable HTML based email messages.

• Supports EnterpriseOne 8.x and Enterprise-One 9.x (tools release 8.95 and higher)

PACKMAN is a module which has been designed and developed using the standard EnterpriseOne development toolkit. Installing PACKMAN does not affect or impact the standard package build and deployment applications, your ability to build and deploy packages using the standard process is still available and will work side by side with the PACKMAN module. Packman is an Oracle Validated Integration.

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PACKMANThe Ultimate Package Automation Tool

Fig 1: Main screen of PACKMAN tool

PACKMAN has the following features:

• Automatic generation of an update / full package You are only required to enter a path code when manually creating an update or

full package. For automatic builds this is set up as a processing option in a version. Each package is identified by a unique package name making it possible for multiple update packages to be built on a daily basis. PACKMAN will automatically select the current deployed full package as the parent package.

• Selected languages in the update package PACKMAN can be configured to automatically select any languages which need

to be included in the build. This eliminates the possibility of package builds being performed with incomplete or incorrect languages.

• OMW projects integration OMW projects designated to be built and deployed for a particular path code can be

automatically or manually selected. All EnterpriseOne objects to be included in the package will be imported from the OMW projects. It is no longer necessary to manually browse for and select the OMW projects and individual objects. PACKMAN selects all objects in projects, which have a predefined project status and places those into an update package. It is still possible to manually add projects and their objects after the package has been created. Transfers of OMW projects can be automated as part of the PACKMAN build process. If in the projects Business Services exist PACKMAN will also build and deploy the business services as part of the build process.

• Automatic selection of enterprise server PACKMAN will automatically select which enterprise server(s) the package needs

to be built on. PACKMAN automatically selects the enterprise servers on which the relevant pathcode has been installed. For business services (BSSV), the BSSV server is automatically selected during package deployment. Prior to deploying packages to the enterprise server a number of checks are done to determine the status of the enterprise server to ensure a successful deployment every time.

• Simultaneous promotion projects within a package PACKMAN allows you to simultaneously change the status of all projects selected

within a package. Predefined project statuses can be used to determine whether a project has been built deployed or is ready for promotion.

• Package build reports Package build reports and the package build logs are conveniently linked to the

PACKMAN packages. All the reports and logs can now be viewed from within the PACKMAN application without having to gather the required information from several different locations.

• Package cleanup When a new full package has been built and deployed the old update packages and

the old full package can be cleaned up with the click of a single button. The contents of the tables and the directory structures on the deployment server and enterprise server(s) are deleted in the process.

• Email notifications Email notifications can be setup for any PACKMAN status. Multiple email addresses

can be configured for separate notifications. The email contents of the notifications are in HTML format can easily be customized to meet your requirements.. With the use of keywords it is possible to use current package details in the notification mail. As a result of a successful package a summary of the package build with the package contents is attached to a notification that can be send out to end-users. As a result of any package a detailed report attached to a notification email can be sent out to system administrators.

PACKMANThe Ultimate Package Automation Tool

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