Package Creation and first steps
Updated 8 months ago
by
Stephanie Krenz
Description
The Package Editor is a very wide-ranging area and we will explain all the available options and functions in the next few articles. In the article Examples you will finally find two possible applications that will take you step by step from theory to practice. And before you know it, you'll be able to get started yourself!
In this article, we will start with an overview so that you can find your way around the package editor:
To create a new package, click on Package Studio at the top and then on + Package at the top right.
Enter a name (1), a description (2) (optional) and tags (3) (optional) afterwards. Click on Create Package (4) to proceed to the next step.
SAP-system
The first important step in creating a package is selecting an SAP-system - this step is mandatory. You will be shown a list of all SAP-systems registered in dab Nexus and you can choose from which system the tables and therefore also the content should be extracted.
If you select an SAP-system that is not accessible at this moment (no connection, not registered, incorrect logon data, etc.), an error message will appear after the selection. In this case, either use a different SAP system or try to find the reason why the system cannot be reached. Please contact your IT or SAP team.
Once you have successfully selected an SAP-system, you will be taken to the Package Editor:
Menu bar
- File
- Save -> Save the Package
- Import -> Import a Package
- Export -> Export a Package
- Quit -> Exit Package Editor
The names in the SAP System menu item have changed or been expanded from version 1.12.
- SAP System
- Clear Table Cache (Version 1.11 or lower: Clear Cache and resolve all tables) -> Is required if, for example, a Z field has been inserted in a table in an SAP system, but this does not exist in another SAP system -> the structure of the tables is read again from the SAP system
- Clear Report Cache (new from Version 1.12) -> Is required if an integrated report has been changed in the SAP-system in order to transfer these changes to dab Nexus
- Change SAP System (Version 1.11 or lower: Switch to) -> Change the SAP-system
- Diagram
- Re-Draw -> Restore the diagram in the center if nodes have been moved
- Help
- Shortcuts -> Overview of the available keyboard shortcuts
- Package-Name -> If there is an asterisk * next to the name, the current changes have not yet been saved
- Pen -> Change the name of the Package, the Description and Tags
- Undo (Arror to the left) -> Undo last change
- Redo (Arror to the right) -> Reverse last undo
- Floppy disk -> Save the Package speichern
Variants
These allow you to manage similar evaluations in one package and yet separate them using the variants. This eliminates the need to create a new package and gives you a better overview of the existing evaluations.
This allows you to use the same tables as in the standard version, but you can create new repositories and virtual tables.
The standard variant is called Default -> You can add more variants via + Variant. By right-clicking on the variant name, you can rename the variant (Rename) or, if more than one variant exists, delete it (Delete).
