How to Configure IFS Configuration Builder
The Configuration Builder needs to know where to find the
Release Repository Catalog and the Customer Configuration file. This guide will
describe how you get the tool ready for performing the process tasks.
Prerequisites
The IFS Configuration Builder must have been started according to
How to Start IFS
Configuration Builder.
You must have retrieved a Customer Configuration file from
GCDB, and you must know where you have the current IFS Applications
release (probably in the Archive folder on your local file server). The RRC file
that comes with the release located in the _ConfigBuilder\RRC folder is a template and can be used as is, or you will
create a local copy of the file. Instructions for local copy is located in the same
folder.
See more about the RRC file
and Customer Configuration file.
Process
You will define the path to the RRC, either by
pointing out the Release Archive Folder or to your modified RRC file, and the
Customer Configuration file.
If the tool has been run before on the client, and saved Configuration Builder
user profile is found, the profile will be read and previous
configuration will be presented to you.
Actions to perform
The description of the Configuration Options dialog is
located in section
Dialog:
Configuration Options
1. If the tool is started for the first time or the
Configuration Builder user profile not found, the Configuration
Options dialog will be present to you.
- Select either Core RRC on Archive or
Customize RRC file.
- If Core RRC on Archive is selected, browse to the Release Archive
Folder. The tool will automatically create a temporary RRC file for you.
- If Customize RRC file is selected, browse to
the modified RRC file.
- Select the Customer Configuration File, browse to the
file containing the components the Customer has bought.
- Create and select a <workspace> using the browse in
Workspace field.
2. If the tool has been run before on the client and the
Configuration Builder user profile found the Fetch
Components page will be shown.
- Last <workspace> will be presented and if more than one
<workspace> exist, select the correct one from the Workspace dropdown
field.
- If new configurations should be read continue next
steps.
- Create and select a <workspace> using the browse in
Workspace field
- Select Load Release Repository Catalog from
upper right section.
- Select either Core RRC on Archive or
Customize RRC file.
- If Core RRC on Archive is selected, browse to the Release Archive
Folder. The tool will automatically create a temporary RRC file for you.
- If Customize RRC file is selected, browse to
the modified RRC file.
- Select Load Customer Configuration File.
- Browse to the configuration file containing the
components the Customer has bought.
Verify by
- Once the configuration is loaded the list of
components gets populated. If this does not happen or an error is given then
you either did not successfully load the configuration file, did not get the
RRC file loaded or mismatch between the files.
- Fetch button and other selections on right
section should be activated.