Import Data Packages through LCS

Hi Folks,

In my last post, we discussed how to create default data packages through the Asset library. LCS is really a good tool to manage your Dynamics project. Today we will discuss one more tool Configuration and Data manager.

Demo 1:
In the first demo, we will see how to import a single data package.

Step 1. Login in LCS. Select your project.
Step 2. Got to configuration and Data management tool. Below is the landing page

here 1. Menu tile, to perform operations
2. Available list of data packages
3. Package details and version
4. List of entities in selected package (its blank here cause of my environment. )

Step 3. Select a package from the grid ( section 2) and click on apply (section 1). The system will ask for destination environment,


Step 4: Once you select a destination environment, now you have to select the company (legal entity) where you want to import this data package.

Select the company and hit the Apply button.

Step 5: Now you go back to your environment and navigate to Data management workspace. You can see a new project created under Data management to import this data package. You can also track the job from the same screen.

Demo 2:
The above demo applicable for single data package import. You can also select multiple data packages and import them in both Concurrently and sequentially.  Let's see how…

Step 1: Select multiple data projects (all package must belong logically same module/group)


Step 2: Click on Apply button and select the first option – ‘Apply concurrently’. On next screen give a tag name.
Step 3: Repeat step 3 to 5 from Demo 1.

If you select the other option ‘Apply sequentially’, the immediate next screen will ask for a sequence of data packages,


However, the system will give you default sequence based on name and entity contained. You can update the sequence of each package manually as well.


Once you set the sequence, rest steps are the same as the previous import.

I personally found this tool really helpful when a developer really need some test/setup data while development and they can not go back and forth to get dummy data. If the functional team have data in templates/Packages simple you can apply them to any dev/test box.

Try it and share your feedback.

Cheers
Harry…

How to create default Data packages Dynamics 365 FO

Hi Folks,

Now we all know how powerful and useful is LCS for Dynamics 365 projects. There are a lot of tools to manage your project efficiently and their powerful tool helps you to manage your project well. For any project Data management (import and export) is very essentials milestone for any environment and this can surely be a time consuming and lengthy if we are not using the right tools.
Well, LifeCycle service (LCS) provides a powerful tool to manage the data import and export for a project. Configuration and data manager tool (to import data package, will cover in next post) allows selecting multiple data packages and import in any environment for a project. In this article, I will show how to create default data package in LCS asset library. This tool will help you create the default template in a sequential manner.
(However, I planed a long back to write this article but…. I hope its never too late. )
Let's start…..
1. Login into https://lcs.dynamics.com/ using your organization credentials.
2. Select the project and go to Asset library > Process data Package; if you didn't see this tool icon on project landing page then try below

You can see we have only 2 files here.

3. Now to create default packages click on Import button and select a library from the list,


4. The above step will create a new record in process data package, it will create the data packages under ‘Data package’ tab in Asset library.


5. Once this process done you can go back to configuration and data manage toll you can see all the packages available here. You can download them, you can import them into any other environment. Also, you can download and fill out the data and upload them back on LCS to deploy these package on another environment.


Thanks all for the subjected topic, the below few details to explore further,

You can also update the Data packages (add new records, remove associate business process etc, ). To explore this go back to Asset library and click on your record and follow below steps.



In the next screen (Add data packages) you will see the list of all packages with sequencing number.


Also if you click on each package in above list in right window you will the details for the selected package.
Click on next> Next and complete this wizard.  (for this post don’t select anything on 4th step ‘Associate business process to data package’)

Cheers
Harry