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Deliver Update

This section describes how to build and deliver an IFS Update to a customer. Update delivery process is quite similar to normal delivery process. It is assumed that you have basic knowledge about delivery build process in ISD 2.

Contents

• Normal delivery vs. Update delivery
  The difference between a normal delivery and an update delivery including file fetch location changes and delivery hewx file format changes.
• Changes in Update delivery build process
  The changes in update delivery build process when compared to normal delivery build process.

Normal delivery vs. Update delivery

• File fetch location
  In a normal delivery files to be delivered are fetched from customer harvest. But in a update delivery files fetched mainly from archive. There can be files in customer harvest as well since you may include UPD merge packages and other customization packages in a update delivery.
• Delivery hewx file format
  Current update (BASE_UPD) and the update that is going to be delivered (TO_UPD) is added to the DELIVERY section,
  
  

  <DELIVERY>
   ...
   <BASE_UPD>App10 Core-None</BASE_UPD>
   <TO_UPD>App10 Core-None-1</TO_UPD>
</DELIVERY>

Changes in Update delivery build process

Preparing the delivery before starting build engine is similar to the preparation of a normal delivery build. There are some changes in build engine process.

Before opening the Build Engine wizard it will popup following dialog if the cifx file is not opened.

Opening cifx file is mandatory for update deliveries as ISD needs the components list in the customization project when fetching files from archive.

Options in the Build Engine wizard:

• Build Options :

  • Languages

    English (US) is the default. Can add more languages by pressing the Edit button.

    

• Advance Build Options:

  • Exclude Reports

    Report files will be excluded from the delivery and will be copied to a folder called 'ExcludedReportFiles'.

    

  • Clean Build

    Similar to the normal delivery build.

  • Component Version Status

    

    Quite similar to the normal delivery build. Components in update delivery will be set to 'UPD Upgrade'. If there are new components added in the target update those will be set to 'New'.

Other steps of the build wizard are similar to a normal delivery.

Installing update delivery is also similar to installing a normal delivery