Use Case: Software Content Management
The following topic will help familiarize you with ThingWorx Software Content Management. Use the steps below to create, publish, and deploy a package using the MRI demonstration data that you have installed.
  1. From the Console, click the Software Content Management tile.
  2. Under Packages, click Package ▶ Create package.
  3. Select the root directory in the Directory Structure (/), and then click the upload file icon Image.
  4. Click Choose File, and navigate to the your ThingWorxStorage folder and select sample_package.zip. Click Upload.
  5. Enter the following information for the package:
    • Package Name—sample
    • Version—1.0
    • Description—sample description
  6. Select a ZIP file and enter sample.lua in the Instruction File name in Zip File field. Click Save.
  7. The Create Test Deployment page appears. You can continue with the test deployment or publish the package by selecting Publish ▶ Publish package.
  8. Review the information, and click Publish. When prompted to confirm, click Yes.
  9. Under Deployments, select Deployment ▶ Find package for deployment.
  10. Select sample from the Packages table and click Next.
  11. On the Create One Time Deployment page, enter a deployment name and description. Click Next.
  12. Under Included Assets, select an asset search (created in theThingWorx Asset Manager) from the drop-down menu and click Image.
  13. Click Next.
  14. On the Notify page, select the checkboxes for Enable error notifications and Notify people below when deployment to all assets has finished.
  15. In the Notify User and Notify User Groups sections, select users or user groups by searching for users, selecting them and clicking Image.
  16. In the Notify These Email Addresses section, enter your email and click Image. Click Next.
  17. On the Deploy page, review all of the deployment information, make any edits if necessary, and click Deploy.
  18. The Track Deployment By Package page appears; from here, you can monitor the status of the deployment.
  19. Click Home to view the deployments dashboard.
  20. Under Compliance, purge the deployment using one of the three options lists. For more information, see Using Compliance Tools.
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Working with Demonstration Data