Add File

Files are what the end user actually downloads. Files which are part of the same release are grouped together into one or more Products which are in turn entitled through Catalog Items.

To add a file to the Producer Portal you provide the following information:

Add File Properties

Property

Description

File ID

Unique value by which your company identifies individual files. The File ID may come from a release management or source code control system.

File Description

The name of the file that the user sees. It should be brief but descriptive, such as "Enterprise Server 2.4 Solaris" or "Enterprise Server 2.4 Documentation"

File name

The Name of the as it will appear in FlexNet Producer Portal.

Note:During the upload of a File, this field will be overwritten with the name of the file that is being uploaded.

Content Detail

Additional information that is displayed when the end user clicks on the Estimated Time and Details link on the download page of the FlexNet Producer Portal site.

You can use the Long Description to give additional installation or compatibility hints or to provide detailed information about the contents of the file.

Note:If the file you provide is in a .zip or .jar format, then the Producer Portal will overwrite the contents of this field with the zipinfo during a File Upload.

Once you have supplied the required information, you have several choices:

Add File—Add this file and go to the View File form for this file (from which you can continue to edit the file).
Submit & Add Another File—Add this file and then go to a new pre-populated Add File screen from which you can begin entering a new file
Submit & Continue to Upload File—Add this file and go to the Upload File form.