Packs in the Administration Perspective

As an administrator, you install and remove Packs from the Packs page in the Administration perspective. You can also update the index of your Packs list and jump to the source of the respective Pack.

A wide range of predefined Packs aimed at incorporating different Actions into your system can be downloaded from https://marketplace.automic.com/.

Important! This page allows you to install and remove Packs as a whole. To work with the content of the Packs you have installed, you need to go to the Packs tab in the Process Assembly perspective.

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This page includes the following:

Accessing the Packs List

Click the Packs tab at the bottom of the Navigation pane on the left. You can also narrow down the list of Packs by using one or more of the filter criteria in the Filter panel on the right:

  • Name: name of the Pack.
  • Version: select one of the following options:
    • installed: all installed Packs are displayed.
    • upgrades: all Packs for which an upgrade is available are displayed.
    • not installed: all Packs available in the GIT repository but not installed on the system are displayed.
  • Category
  • Title

The system is also connected to a GIT repository containing an updated list of available Packs and versions. The full list of Packs available is displayed (also those that are not installed but exist in the index).

You can view or edit the Objects contained in a Pack by selecting the relevant one and clicking Jump to source in the toolbar. You can also open and compare the source files of multiple Packs. To do so, hold the Ctrl key, select the Packs and click Jump to source.

Installing Packs

You can install Packs either from the Marketplace or from a file.

To Download and Install a Pack from the Marketplace

  1. Open the Administration perspective.
  2. Select the Packs tab.
  3. Select one or more Packs from the list.
  4. Click the Install button in the toolbar. The Packs are downloaded from https://marketplace.automic.com/
  5. Select the Ignore dependencies checkbox if you want to ignore possible dependencies to other Packs.

Note: This method can only be used to install Packs that are available in the GIT index. For more information, see the list of Packs in the Administration Perspective.

To Install a Pack from a File

  1. Download the Pack you want to install from https://marketplace.automic.com/ and save it to a local folder.

    Note: To find the Action Packs on the Marketplace, search for their descriptive names (for example: JSON Action Pack).

  2. Go to the Administration perspective.
  3. Select the Packs tab.
  4. Click the Install from File button in the toolbar.
  5. Click the Upload button, navigate to the location where you have downloaded the Pack (.zip file), and follow the wizard instructions.
  6. Select the Ignore dependencies checkbox if you want to ignore possible dependencies to other Packs.

When the installation is complete, the new Action Pack is displayed in the list of Packs in the Administration perspective. It can also be found in the PACKAGES folder of the Process Assembly perspective.

Upgrading Packs

This method can only be used to install Packs that are available in the GIT index.

Use the Upgrades option in the Version filter to show the Packs for which an upgrade is available.

  1. Go to the Administration perspective and open the Packs tab.
  2. Select one or more Packs from the list.
  3. Click the Upgrade button in the toolbar. The latest version is downloaded from https://marketplace.automic.com/
  4. Select the Ignore dependencies checkbox if you want to ignore possible dependencies to other Packs.
  5. Click Upgrade.

When working with a single Pack, active executions of objects that are included in the Pack must be stopped. You can cancel them in bulk from the wizard and resume the process or you can open the Process Monitoring perspective to review the executions and cancel them manually.

Click the Update Index button in the toolbar to retrieve an updated list of available Packs and versions from the GIT repository.

Removing Packs

Important! Be aware that you might need to remove dependent Packs before removing a Pack.

  1. Go to the Packs view in the Administration perspective.
  2. Select one or more Packs and select Remove in the toolbar.
  3. Select the Ignore dependencies checkbox if you want to ignore possible dependencies to other Packs.
  4. Click Yes.

When working with a single Pack, active executions of objects that are included in the Pack must be stopped. You can cancel them in bulk from the wizard and resume the process or you can open the Process Monitoring perspective to review the executions and cancel them manually.

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