Packages

With a package, you can import and export content between systems.

There are three types of packages:

1. Standard packages, which contain out-of-the-box Angles, Templates, Dashboards, Help texts, and other content.
2. Custom packages, which contain content selected by a user. This is especially useful when your Angles for SAP system is used to analyze data on multiple SAP database models. Administrators can import this packaged set of Angles, Dashboards, and/or Templates from one system to the other. These packages can also be sent to support for analysis when requested. It is possible to add Private, Published, and/or Validated items, Label categories, and Labels. Users and tags are automatically included.
3. EAClassic packages, which contain content from an EAClassic system to migrate to the newest Angles for SAP Release.

Uploading a Package

Before a package can be activated for a model, it needs to be uploaded on the Global level first.

To upload a package

1. Open the IT Management Console.
2. Navigate to Global settings >Packages..
3. Click Upload new package. A file explorer window opens.
4. Navigate to the package file that you wish to upload and select it. A package file has the extension .eapackage.

   Caution: If an active package in the system has the same package ID as the package that you are uploading, it will be overwritten.

5. Click Open. The package is uploaded to the system.
6. For each model that should contain the package content, navigate to Models > [Model name] > Packages to activate it. See Packages per model.

Uploading Multiple Packages

For an installation or upgrade you can upload multiple packages simultaneously.

To upload multiple packages

1. Stop all services
2. Copy the desired packages to Destination folder/<Suffix>/Data/Appserver/Packages folder
3. Start the services
4. Open the IT Management Console
5. For each model, navigate to Models > [Model name] > Packages.
6. Check if the packages for the model are still activated correctly.

Package Details

Select the appropriate filter to see the required Packages. By default, the Active filter is selected, and all active packages are shown. For each package the following information is shown:

Creating a Package Based on Items Selected in the Web Client

To create and download a package based on items selected in the Web Client

1. In the Web Client, select the Angles, Dashboards, and Templates you want to include in the package, using the Filter pane and/or the Search bar.
2. Copy the URL shown in the Web Client browser.
3. Open the IT Management Console.
4. Navigate to Global settings >Packages.
5. Click Create new package. The Create package window opens. Note that you can only create a new package when you have the Manage model privilege.
6. Select Url and paste the Web Client Url in the field.
7. Specify whether you want to include the labels attached to the selected items.
8. Optionally, change the Package name, ID and version number and add a description.
9. Click OK.
10. The package will be saved in the default download location of your browser.

Note: Selections from multiple models or advanced filters are not allowed.

Creating a Package based on Item Type

To create and download a package based on item type

1. Open the IT Management Console.
2. Navigate to Global settings >Packages.
3. Click Create new package. The Create package window opens. Note that you can only create a new package when you have the Manage model privilege. For more information, see Manage User Privileges to access client functionality.
4. Select Selection.
5. Specify the source model and the content you want to include in the package.
6. Which items are exported depends on the filters that you select in this dialog box. You can also include Label categories and Labels. No language filter is applied when creating a package. This can cause the number of downloaded Angles to differ from the number of available Angles in the Web Client.
7. Optionally, change the package name, ID and version number, and add a description.
8. Click OK.
9. The package will be saved in the default download location of your browser.

Activating the EA Package

To activate the EA package for a specific model

1. Navigate to Models > ​​​[Model name] > ​​​Packages​​.
2. Select Inactive in the top right corner above the list. The list now shows all available packages that are not active for this model.
3. Find the package you want to activate and click in the Action column.
4. Select Activate.

Deleting a Package

Packages that have been activated for a model cannot be deleted.

To delete a package

1. Open the IT Management Console.

2. For each model, navigate to Models > [Model name] > Packages and deactivate the package(s) that you want to delete.

3. Navigate to Global settings >Packages.

4. Click in the Action column of the package you want to delete.

5. Click OK.