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Angles for SAP IT Management Console

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. Navigate to Global settings → Packages.

  2. Click Upload new package. A file explorer window opens.

  3. 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.

  4. Click Open. The package is uploaded to the system.

  5. For each model that should contain the package content, navigate to Models → [Model name] → Packages to activate it. See Packages.

For each package the following information is shown:

Setting

Description

Name

The name of the package.

ID

The package ID.

Version

The version number.

Model

Model(s) for which the package has been activated. For activating a package per model, see Packages.

Source

The source of the package.

Content

The content of the package, for example, help texts or Angles.

Created

The date when the package was created.

Languages

The languages included in the package. If a package contains a language which is not installed, that language will NOT be visible in the Angle. See also Languages for information on how to add or delete a language.

Action

Button that allows you to download and/or delete the authentication provider. If the package is not activated for a model, the MC_Trashcan.png button is visible.

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.

    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.

  4. Select Selection.

  5. Specify the source model and the content you want to include in the package.

    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.

  6. Optionally, change the package name, ID and version number, and add a description.

  7. Click OK.

    The package will be saved in the default download location of your browser.

Deleting a package

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

To delete a package

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

  2. Navigate to Global settings → Packages.

  3. Click MC_Trashcan.png in the Action column of the package you want to delete.

  4. Click OK.