Patch Header (ttpmc1106m000)

Use this session to maintain patch headers.

You can only create a patch header for a Feature Pack.

A patch header contains metadata that steers the installation of Feature Packs in a recipient environment if you use the Infor installation wizard.

This session creates an XML patch header that you can view if you click Text.

Field Information

Base VRC

base VRC

Patch Code

The unique identification of a solution in a base VRC.

Action for Package Combination

The Installation Wizard can automatically perform particular actions at a recipient system, such as create new package combinations, create new update VRCs, and link new update VRCs to an existing or new package combination. This field controls which action is being performed with respect to Package Combinations (PCs) when you install a Feature Pack in a PMC recipient environment using the Installation Wizard.

The following options are available:

No Action

No specific action is being performed. No PCs are being created or changed.

New PC, All Packages

This option is relevant for derived products. Suppose that a few packages are changed for a derived product. A new package combination will be created. The package VRCs of the changed packages of the derived product will be linked to the new PC. Moreover, the package VRCs of the unchanged packages of the parent product will also be linked to the new PC.

Example:

A recipient environment contains a PC with the following package VRCs:


Package	VRC
ci	B61U_a_stnd
tc	B61U_a_stnd
td	B61U_a_stnd
tf	B61U_a_stnd
wh	B61U_a_stnd

A Feature Pack for a derived product has been created. The Feature Pack header field Action for Package Combination contains the value New PC, All Packages and the Feature Pack contains the following changed packages:


Package	VRC
tc	B61U_a_derv
td	B61U_a_derv

If the Feature Pack for the derived product is installed in the recipient environment, a new PC will be created that contains the following package VRCs:


Package	VRC
ci	B61U_a_stnd
tc	B61U_a_derv
td	B61U_a_derv
tf	B61U_a_stnd
wh	B61U_a_stnd

New PC, Only Packages of Base VRC

This option is relevant if you want to deliver new products that are not derived from a parent product and that are stand-alone products. A new PC is being created that will only contain package VRCs for the packages that are included in the Feature Pack.

Example:

A recipient environment contains a PC that has the following package VRCs:


Package	VRC
ci	B61U_a_stnd
tc	B61U_a_stnd
tf	B61U_a_stnd
wh	B61U_a_stnd

A Feature Pack for a new independent product has been created. The Feature Pack header field Action for Package Combination contains the value New PC, Only Packages of Base VRC and the Feature Pack contains the following packages:


Package	VRC
lw	B61U_a_indp
lz	B61U_a_indp

If the Feature Pack for the independent product is installed in the recipient environment, a new PC will be created. This new PC will only contain the package VRCs of the new, independent product. The existing PC will remain unchanged.

Add Packages to existing PC

This option is relevant if you want to deliver new products that are not derived from a parent product, and that are stand-alone products. However, you want to include the package VRCs of the new product in an existing PC. New packages present in the Feature Pack will be linked to an existing PC. If no PCs exist in the recipient environment available, the Feature Pack will be installed, but the update VRCs are not linked to a PC.

Example:

A recipient environment contains a PC that has the following package VRCs:


Package	VRC
ci	B61U_a_stnd
tc	B61U_a_stnd
tf	B61U_a_stnd
wh	B61U_a_stnd

A Feature Pack for a new independent product has been created. The Feature Pack header field Action for Package Combination contains the value Add Packages to existing PC and the Feature Pack contains the following package:


Package	VRC
tm	2.6_a

The existing PC will be extended during installation of the Feature Pack. After installation of the Feature Pack, the PC will contain the following package VRCs:


Package	VRC
ci	B61U_a_stnd
tc	B61U_a_stnd
tf	B61U_a_stnd
wh	B61U_a_stnd
tm	2.6_a

Note:

If no PC was available before the installation of the Feature Pack, no PC will be created at all during installation of the SP. Refer also to the Create New PC if no PC exists option.

Create New PC if no PC exists

This option is similar to the preceding Add Packages to existing PC option. There is one difference: In case there are no existing PCs in the recipient environment available to which the package VRCs can be added, a new PC will be crated and the Feature Pack will be installed.

Package Combination

You can only specify a package combination if the Action for Package Combination field contains one of the following values:

New PC, All Packages
New PC, Only Packages of Base VRC
Create New PC if no PC exists

In the Installation Wizard, the package combination you specify appears as the default, however, you can overwrite this value. The package combination will be created in the recipient environment.

Description

The description of the package combination. In the Installation Wizard, this description appears as the default, but can be overwritten.

Derived From Base VRC

Use this field to define relationships between the base VRC of derived product and the related parent product. You use this relationship if you create and derive update VRCs at a recipient during installation of a Feature Pack. You must always define the relationship to the base VRC of the Feature Pack on which the Feature Pack of the derived product is built.

Example:

The following products are available:

Standard product PARENT
Derived product LOC1 which is derived from PARENT
Derived product LOC2 which is derived from LOC1

Two Feature Packs are available. In this scenario, the Derived From Base VRC must be populated as follows:


Product	Feature Pack	Base VRC	Derived From Base VRC
PARENT	1	B61_a1
PARENT	2	B61_a2
LOC1	1	B61L_a1_loc1	B61_a1
LOC1	2	B61L_a2_loc1	B61_a2
LOC2	1	B61L_a1_loc2	B61L_a1_loc1
LOC2	2	B61L_a2_loc2	B61L_a2_loc1