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Update Company Templates

The purpose with this document is to provide a short guideline how to update a company template with new data.

How to implement a Logical Unit to support the company template concept is not covered. Please refer to the Implement Company Template document for more information about implementation details.

This document covers the following scenarios

  1. Adding a new Logical Unit to a company template.
  2. Adding a new attribute in a Logical Unit to a company template.
  3. Add new template data to a company template

Note: Only application owner or a user that has been set up as a Company Template Super User in the Company Template Super Users page, can update a system template.

Adding a New Logical Unit to a Company Template - Alternative 1

This section covers how to update a company template when adding a new Logical Unit that should support the company template concept, by directly adding the template data in Company Template specific page.

  1. Update the file CreateCompanyReg<component>.ins file with all the data needed for the new Logical Unit.

  2. Set the properties DbImplementation and CompanyCopyColumnName in the entity file and the business logic will be automatically generated. Please refer to the Implement Company Template document for more information.

  3. Open the Company Template Lu page by using command Company Template Component followed by command Company Template Lu, starting from the Company Templates page.

  4. Add the new Logical Unit by using List of Values or enter manually and save.

    Note: Only Logical Units that have been registered through the CreateCompanyReg<component>.ins file will be possible to choose.

  5. Enter the Company Template Detail page by using command on the Company Template Lu page.

  6. Enter the data for the Logical Unit and Save.

  7. Validate the data entered using the business logic created in the Logical Unit by creating a company based on the updated company template.

  8. Export the template.

  9. Install the template file depending on deployment model (Cloud or Remote) used.

  10. Validate the updated template by creating a company based on the updated company template. It is important to ensure that all steps work as expected

  11. Check in the modified template file into the version handling system.

Adding a New Logical Unit to a Company Template - Alternative 2

This section covers how to update a company template when adding a new Logical Unit that should support the company template concept, by adding data for a new Logical Unit in a company and then creating the template from the updated company.

  1. Update the file CreateCompanyReg<component>.ins file with all the data needed for the new Logical Unit.

  2. Set the properties DbImplementation and CompanyCopyColumnName in the entity file and the business logic will be automatically generated. Please refer to the Implement Company Template document for more information.

  3. Create a new company from the template that is subject to update, e.g. Template Id STD.

  4. Verify that the company was created without errors in the component containing the new Logical Unit.

  5. Go to the Component Registration page to find the Navigator Entry that represents the page for the new Logical Unit. Open this page. Make sure that the current company is the company that was previously created.

  6. Add all data for the new Logical Unit in the page and Save.

  7. Create a template from the company by using the New Company Template Assistant. Define Template ID, Description and Source Company. The Template ID can be any unused ID at this point, e.g. TEMP, and with Description defined as the string temp. Specify the Source Template ID to be used as a source to get User Related Data.

  8. Create a new company from the new template (e.g. TEMP ) to make sure that the template is ok. Check the Create Company Component Log for errors. You find that page from command Company Log in page Companies.

  9. If not ok, there is probably something wrong with the business logic, e.g. the Export or the Import methods. Correct the logic/errors and perform the previous two steps until there are no errors. It is of course possible to remove the temporary template before starting the correction steps.

  10. Export the company template. It is only necessary to export the component that contains the new Logical Unit.

  11. When the template file has been exported, open the file from disk and edit the Template ID and Description to the values of the initial template to be modified, e.g. the STD template.

    Note: The Template ID is a define variable found in the top of the file and the Description is stated a few rows down. If.e.g. the template to be modified has the identity STD, then e.g. change identity from TEMP to STD in the file.

  12. Install the template file depending on deployment model (Cloud or Remote) used. Validate the updated template (e.g. STD ) by creating a company based on the updated company template. It is important to ensure that all steps works as expected.

  13. Check in the modified template file into the version handling system.

Adding a New Attribute in a Logical Unit to a Company Template

This section covers how to update a company template when adding a new attribute to an existing Logical Unit that supports the company template concept.

  1. Update the file CreateCompanyReg<component>.ins file with all the data needed for the new attribute.
  2. Set property CompanyCopyColumnName for the attribute in the entity file and the business logic will be automatically generated. Please refer to the Implement Company Template document for more information.
  3. Start the page Company Template Detail with respect to the Logical Unit to be updated with data. The page is found from the Company Templates page by using command Company Template Component followed by command Company Template Lu followed by command Company Template Detail.
  4. Add necessary data in the form and save.
  5. Validate the data entered with the business logic created in the Logical Unit by creating a company based on the updated company template.
  6. Export the template.
  7. Install the template file depending on deployment model (Cloud or Remote) used.
  8. Validate the updated template (e.g. STD ) by creating a company based on the updated company template. It is important to ensure that all steps works as expected.
  9. Check in the modified template file into version handling system.

Adding New Data to a Company Template

This section describes how to add data to a company template, e.g. adding posting control data for a company template. To be able to update the template by the instructions given here, the user must have permission to update the template.

A System Template can only be updated by application owner or by a Company Template Super User.

End user templates, i.e. non System Templates, can only be updated by the owner of the template ( Created By ) or by a Company Template Super User.

  1. Before starting to modify the template, make sure that the template is based on the latest version of the template in the version handling system. The reason for this is to make sure that no data is lost if running a different version of the template than the latest. To be really sure that the template to be updated is based on the latest version in the version handling system, it is recommended to checkout the latest version. Install it depending on deployment model (Cloud or Remote) used.
  2. Start the Company Template Detail page with respect to the Logical Unit to be updated with data. The page is found from the Company Templates page by using command Company Template Component followed by command Company Template Lu followed by command Company Template Detail.
  3. In the Company Template Detail page, edit or add new rows.
  4. Press Save to save the changes.
  5. Since the data is not validated against the business logic at this stage, it is only template data, the changes needs to be validated. The easiest and best way to do the validation is to create a new company based on the modified template.
  6. When the new company is created the template data will be validated by the business logic for all active Logical Units. This means that the template data will be validating with respect to data integrity.
  7. Check the Create Company Component Log for errors. If there are errors then make the proper changes and create a company again to validate. Run this step until it looks ok.
  8. After validating that everything looks and works as expected then run the Export Company Template to File Assistant to export the template. This step should be performed per component.
  9. Check in the new version of the template, for each component, into the version handling system to complete the task.

Note: It is possible to manually modify the template files but it is NOT recommended.

Remember that a company template should always be validated by running the Create Company Assistant or by executing Update Company in the Company page.

Note: Only active Logical Units will be processed during the Create Company creation. Active Logical Units can be set and displayed in the Component Registration page.