Packaging Products

Packaging products is the process of creating product definitions that are used to generate licenses.

Products are built up from features and feature bundles and linked to one or more license models to define how they can be used. Products can also be assembled into groups of products called suites.

During the product packaging process, you create features, feature bundles, products, and suites, and when doing so specify upgrade, upsell, and other relationships between those products and suites to capture your overall product hierarchy within FlexNet Operations.

Note:Maintenances are special types of products. Maintenance products define maintenance or support plans that can be tied to regular products.

See the following sections for details about the tasks involved with the product packaging process:

Topic	Description
About Packaging Products	Discusses general product packaging concepts. This section also includes subtopics dedicated to trial product and download management concepts. • About Trial Products • About Download Management: FlexNet Electronic Software Delivery Components
Working with Features	Includes information about viewing, adding, and managing features.
Working with Feature Bundles	Describes creating and managing feature bundles.
Working with Products	Discusses product creation and management.
Working with Suites	Explains how to build and manage a group of products.
Working with Maintenances	Discusses the use of maintenance products.
Managing Part Numbers	Discusses the optional use of part numbers to tie your products to your accounting system.
Managing Product Lines	Discusses the optional use of product lines to help organize your products into groups.
Working with Updates	Provides a singular delivery and update interface for software and devices.
Managing Download Packages	Discusses how download packages are used, how they interact with products and files, and how they are rendered to End-User Portal users.
Managing Containerized Applications	Explains how to manage and distribute containerized applications.
Managing Download Files	Addresses adding and uploading of files, associating files with download packages, and other file management concepts and tasks.
Managing License Agreements	Covers the creation and maintenance of licensing agreements and how they are related to download packages.
Managing Producers	Explains how to add producers in the Producer Portal and how producers are related to download packages.

See Also

Administering License Technologies

Administering License Models