You must define the deployment package before you build
or deploy the package.
About this task
The package definition is like a contents list for the package.
You specify the assets that you want the package to contain in the
package definition, which is itself stored as an asset in the metadata
repository. You can open the package definition at any time to add
or remove assets. When you later build the package, the
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InfoSphere® Information Server Manager
assembles the assets that you specified in the package definition
into a package file. You can then deploy the assets to the target
location from the package file.
Procedure
- Open the Package window by selecting
a domain to which you are connected in the repository tree and doing
one of the following tasks:
- Select from the main menu.
- Select from the pop-up menu.
- To add items to the package definition, drag the items
from the repository tree to the Selected Items tab
of the Package window. Alternatively, you can
right-click on the items in the Repository view
or Search window, click Copy,
then right-click in the Selected Items tab of the Deployment
Package window, and click Paste.
- In the Selected Items tab, expand
the view of selected folders to see the assets that are included in
the package.
- To view dependent items for a single item or multiple items,
right-click that asset and click View Dependent Items.
- To include additional files from a project file system
into the package definition, right-click in the Selected Items tab,
then click Add External Folder. You can place
any files that you want to include with your package in a folder in
the project folder, and then select that folder. You could, for example,
use this feature to package some simple test data for your jobs.
- To view the package creation options, click the Options tab
on the Deployment Package window. You can use
the options to write a package description, and include job designs,
executables, or dependent items in the package.
- When you define the package contents and options, click Save and
specify a name for the package. The package appears as an asset in
the packages section of the repository tree. You can then open the
package and modify it by adding or deleting assets.
- You can create folders in the packages section of the repository
tree to help organize your packages. To create a folder:
- Select the Packages node in the
repository tree.
- Right-click and click
- In the New Folder window, specify
a name for the folder and click OK.
Results
After you have created a package definition as an asset in
the metadata repository, you can perform standard operations on the
package definition, such as deleting, moving, copying, or renaming
it.