Design deployment package processes

Deployment package processes tell Deployment Automation what to do when deploying multiple applications, or components that span applications. This topic guides you through designing the flow of a deployment package process.

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Design a deployment package process

You can run deployment package processes either manually or automatically on a schedule or trigger condition. When you deploy multiple applications, or components that span applications, the deployment package determines which ones to run and in which order.

To design a deployment package process:

1. In Deployment Automation, navigate to Management > Deployment Packages, and select a deployment package.

2. On the deployment package page, click the Design button. The process designer opens.

3.  (Optional) Use the process designer's toolbar to help you design the process:

   Action	Description
   Scale the view.	Use the Zoom In, Zoom Out, or Actual Size icons.
   Copy, duplicate, or delete selected steps and connections.	Use the Copy, Paste, Duplicate, or Delete icons. Tip: You can also use keyboard shortcuts and keys: CTRL+C to copy, CTRL+V to paste, CTRL+D to duplicate, and the Delete key to delete.
   Revert the changes you made to the process.	Use the Undo or Redo icons. Tip: You can also use keyboard shortcuts: CTRL+Z to undo and CTRL+Y to redo.
   Move the process around in the design space.	Select Show Outline Box. In the Outline Map box, drag the outline corner inward or outward.
   Display all available options for connections between steps.	Select Show Connection Options.
   Hide annotations.	The annotations added to the process are displayed by default. To hide annotations, clear the Show Annotations option.

4. In the Tools pane, select a process step.

   You can use utility steps as well as application and component processes. For details on available steps, see Deployment package process utility steps.

5. To add a step to the process, drag the step onto the design space. You can place it anywhere on the design space and reposition it later.
6. In the step's Properties pane, configure the step.

7. (Optional) Add more steps as needed.

   Tip: You can reuse steps by copying them. For details, see Copy or duplicate process steps.

8. Connect the process steps in a sequence. Hover over an originating step to view a connection tool. Then drag the connection tool and release it over a target step.

   Connect other steps in the same way. For details on how to create connections with conditions, see Use conditions and switch steps.

   Tip: If the connection options are not displayed, select each connection to view its options. Connections are color-coded for the process path: Success (green), Failure (red), and Always (gray).

9. After configuring and connecting the steps, click Save .

For details on how to run the process, see Run deployment package processes.

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Copy or duplicate process steps

To reuse one or more steps in a process, copy or duplicate them. These actions create the step's exact replica named <source-step-name> (copy).

Guidelines and limitations:

• You can copy steps from any process version to the latest version. The option of copying between processes is not available.

• You can copy or duplicate any steps except the Start step.

• You can copy and duplicate step connections. A connection can be copied only if you copy both steps joined by the connection.

• You cannot copy steps from one browser tab or window to another.

• If a step uses an old plugin version which is not available on your Deployment Automation server, you cannot copy the step.

To copy steps in the process designer:

Action	Description
Select multiple steps and connections.	Hold CTRL and select steps and connections in the design space one by one.
Select all steps and connections in a specific area.	Hold CTRL and use your mouse to select an area containing steps and connections. If a connection points to or from a step that is not in the selected area, the connection is not selected.
Copy and paste steps.	Right-click the step in the design space and select Copy from the menu. Then right-click anywhere in the design area and select Paste here from the menu. Tip: You can also use the Copy and Paste icons in the toolbar, or standard keyboard shortcuts such as CTRL+C to copy and CTRL+V to paste.
Duplicate steps.	Right-click the step and select Duplicate from the menu. Tip: You can also use the Duplicate icon in the toolbar, or the keyboard shortcut CTRL+D.

To finish designing your process, see Design a deployment package process.

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See also:

• Create and design application processes
• Create and design component processes
• Create and design global processes
• Design approval processes