Editing Installation Parameters

The procedure for adding a logical category for installation parameters is as follows:

  1. Choose Installation Parameters in the Packaging Workbench of the appropriate package.
  2. Choose Manage Parameters > New Logical Category in the context-sensitive menu of the Logical Categories folder.
  3. Enter a name for the category
  4. Close the dialog.

The procedure for adding an installation parameter is as follows:

  1. Choose Installation Parameters in the Packaging Workbench of the appropriate package.
  2. Pick the desired logical category and select Manage Parameters > Add Parameter.
  3. Enter the (internal) name of the parameter.
  4. Under Display Name, enter the name of the parameter which you want to be visible in the Packaging Workbench.
  5. Select the required Parameter Type.
    6. Type Description

    Boolean

    Switch (true/false)

    Date Time

    Date with time

    Integer

    Whole number

    IPv4 address

    String formatted as IPv4 address (e.g. 192.168.178.255.

    The type IPv4 address is available for installation parameters only.

    IPv6 address

    String formatted as IPv6 address (e.g. 2001:2:3:4:5:6:7:0). The notation can be abbreviated, for example 2000::1:2:0:3:4.

    The type IPv6 address is available for installation parameters only.

    Password field

    Encrypted string

    The type password field is available for variables and installation parameters only.

    Option list

    Fixed list of values.

    For the displayed and the "internal" (assigned) option value, different values can be defined.

    Text field

    String (max. length: 4000)

    Timeframe

    Defines a timeframe as used, for example, for maintenance timeframes.
    You can use such a variable to interactively specify times when the timeframe is active.

    Use the IsInTimeFrame condition to run specific actions in an eScript Package depending on a timeframe.

    Refer to Defining the Timeframe for more details on specifying timeframes.
    Version

    String formatted as version number (e.g. 2015.2.3, 7.3.0.2424, 7.2)

    A version consists of two to four sets of numbers, each separated by a dot. Numbers with leading zeros are stored without the zeros (2015.02.003 is stored as 2015.2.3). Comparative operators (e.g. <= 2015.2) can be used to evaluate respective values.
  6. Close the dialog.

    7. Existing option values cannot be deleted anymore.