An IBM® i package
build uses the information in an IBM i
package definition to generate an archive of deployable binary files
as a compressed or a save file. Create and configure your IBM i package definition and then request
a package.
About this task
To request an IBM i
ship list package, you must first create an IBM i package definition.
Procedure
- Expand your project area, expand ,
and then right-click your IBM i
package definition.
- Select Create Package.
The Create Package wizard opens.
- In the Packaging Type Selection window,
select Ship list packaging, which is the default
option.
- Optional: Add a time stamp in this format: YYYYMMDD-HHmmssSSSS, for example,
20130523-1204590526
.
Adding a time stamp packages any artifacts in the ship list
that are newer than the time that is indicated.
- Optional: To change the user authority for
running this package, expand the Build Agent Authentication
Override section and enter a user name and password.
- Optional: To change the build properties
that are associated with this package, expand the Build
Properties section and add, edit, or remove properties.
- Click Next.
- Optional: In the Library Mapping
Selection window, specify any additional changes that you
want to make to your library mapping table before you create your
package. Click Add or Edit,
and the Mapping Entry Manager wizard opens. Indicate
which library you want to map from, and which library you want to
map to. Click OK, and then click Next in
the Library Mapping Selection window.
- Optional: In the Include Ship List
Selection window, specify any additional changes that you
want to make to your include ship list table before you create your package.
Click Add or Edit, and
the Ship List Manager wizard opens.
- Choose Select specific objects.
To enable Select specific objects, you must
first select a build definition.
- List a Library, Object,
and Type filter.
- Click OK.
You
are returned to the Include Ship List Selection window,
and your filters are displayed in the Include table.
- Click Next.
- Optional: In the Exclude Ship List
Selection window, specify any additional changes that you
want to make to your exclude ship list table before you create your package.
Click Add, and the Ship List Manager wizard
opens.
- Choose Select specific objects.
To enable Select specific objects, you must
first select a build definition.
- List a Library, Object,
and Type filter.
- Click OK.
You
are returned to the Exclude Ship List Selection window,
and your filters are displayed in the Exclude table.
- Click Finish.
What to do next
Check your package results. For more information, see Checking packaging results.