You create a package to make metadata available to your
users. A package is a subset of a project. For example, if your data
source contains information from different areas of a business, you
might decide to create different packages for Human Resources and
Finance. It must contain all information that a specific user or group
of users needs to create reports.
About this task
To create a package:
- Click the Packages folder, and from the Actions menu, click Create
Package.
- In the Provide Name page, type the name for the package
and a description and screen tip. Click Next.
- Specify whether you are including objects from existing packages
or from the project and then specify the objects that you want to
include
- Choose whether to use the default access permissions for the package
- To accept the default access permissions, click Finish.
- To set the access permissions, click Next.
- Specify who has access to the package, and click Next.
You can add users, groups, or roles.
- Move the language to be included in the package to the Selected
Languages field, and click Next.
- Move the sets of data source functions that you want available
in the package to the Selected function sets field. If the function
set for your data source vendor is not available, make sure that it
was added to the project.
- Click Finish and choose whether to publish the package.
To modify a package:
- Click the package that you want to modify and, from the Actions
menu, click Edit Definition.
- Click the objects that you want to add to or remove from the package.
Click OK.
- If you want to add or remove references to the package you are
modifying, click Edit.