About Download Packages

Download packages are groups of files that can be related to one or more products and tied to a producer and a product line. Optionally, a download package can be associated with a license agreement as well. The figure below depicts the relationships among download packages, download files, and products.

It is through a download package’s relationship to products that FlexNet Operations determines which download packages an end user is entitled to.

On the End-User Portal, download packages are grouped by producer and product line so that entitled users can navigate hierarchically through the producer, product line, product, and version to find the downloads they require. And when optional license agreements are associated with a download package, the End-User Portal shows the agreement before allowing end users to download files.

Download packages are also where producers specify export compliance settings that define how download delivery is controlled internationally.


Topic	Description
About Download Package Attributes	Describes the attributes of download packages. These attributes apply to download package searches and to download package creation and editing.
About Download Package Restrictions	Discusses the optional restriction of end user access to download packages.
About Physical Distribution and Order Media Requests	Describes how to use download package attributes and End-User Portal configuration settings to support requests for download files on physical media in the End-User Portal.
About Export Compliance	Discusses export compliance concepts. Export compliance prevents the delivery of files to residents of certain countries, in keeping with U.S. restrictions on the sale of regulated technologies to these countries. The user-configurable export compliance settings are managed at the download package level.