Packages add new functions to a schema or integrate
schemas with other software packages. You can use the Package Wizard to apply
packages.
About this task
To apply a package by using the Package wizard:
Procedure
- Start the Designer.
- Click The latest package versions
are displayed. If the package version that you are looking for is not listed,
click More Packages.
If you select a
version from this list and click OK, the package is
displayed in the original Install/Select window.
- If you are running on a Japanese (code page 932 or 60932) or Simplified
Chinese (code page 936) platform, the package version that is displayed is
the latest matching localized version and the latest ASCII version. Otherwise,
only the latest ASCII package versions are displayed.
- If you are running on a Japanese (code page 932 or 60932) or Simplified
Chinese (936) platform, but are currently working with English packages, clicking More
Packages displays the latest English package versions.
- From the Install/Select window, select the package
to apply and click OK.
- In the second page of the wizard, select the schema
to modify. The Designer verifies that the package you selected
can be applied to the schema. If the package cannot be applied to the schema,
you see an error message. For example, if the package modifies a particular
field, and that field does not exist in the schema, none of the components
of the package are applied to that schema.
The Designer
determines whether the selected package can be applied to the schema without
affecting the schema components.
- If it can, click Finish.
- If it cannot, click Next.
- If you must modify record types in your schema before
you can apply the package, the Package Wizard Setup Record Types for Package
window opens. This window lists record types in your schema that the package
can enable or modify, for example, by adding fields, actions, or a script.
If the package does not include modifications for enabling existing record
types, the list is empty. Select the record types that you want the package
to enable. Click Finish or Next.
- To skip this step without selecting any boxes, click Finish or Next.
- To enable the record types in the Package Wizard later, click . For more information, see Enabling
record types.
- When you add a package that uses state types, the
Package Wizard Setup State Types window opens. Select the record types that
you want the package to enable. Click Finish or Next.
On this page of the wizard, you must assign state types
to the states for each record type that you choose to enable. For each state
in the package, click the State Type field and select
the appropriate state type from the existing schema that should be mapped
to this state. You must map each of your existing states to a state type in
that package. You can map more than one state to a state type, but each state
type requires at least one state. When you are finished, click Finish.
To
skip this step, click Finish. You can set the state
types later by clicking . For more information, see Mapping
state types.