Solution Component File Reference (SolutionPackager)

Differs in managed solutions: Yes

Notes:

1. Each entity has a distinct folder.
   
   
2. Each Form, View & Visualization gets their own file in the respective sub-folder.
   
   
3. The Form file names will vary by Managed or Unmanaged Solution types.
   
   
4. Direct editing of RibbonDiff.xml to customize entity specific ribbons is supported.
   
   
5. Manual editing of the XML files under the FormXml and SavedQueries folders is supported but optional.
   
   

Files:

\Entities\<Entity Schema Name>\

Entity.xml
RibbonDiff.xml

FormXml\Main\

{guid 1}.xml
{guid 1_managed}.xml
{guid n}.xml
{guid n_managed}.xml

FormXml\Mobile\

{guid 1}.xml
{guid 1_managed}.xml
{guid n}.xml
{guid n_managed}.xml

SavedQueries\

{guid 1}.xml
{guid n}.xml

Visualizations\

{guid 1}.xml
{guid n}.xml

Differs in managed solutions: No

Notes:

1. Each option set is stored in a distinct file.
   
   

Files:

\OptionSets\

<schema name 1>.xml
<schema name n>.xml

Differs in managed solutions: Yes

Notes:

1. Each entity has a distinct file that contains all relationships where for:
   
   
   1. N:N it is the first listed entity
      
      
   2. 1:N it is the referenced entity
      
      

Files:

\Other\Relationships\

<Entity schema name 1>.xml
<Entity schema name n>.xml

Differs in managed solutions: No

Notes:

1. All entity specific ribbon XML can be found in the respective folder for that entity. All other ribbon XML will be in this file.
   
   
2. Direct editing of RibbonCustomizations.xml to customize the global ribbon is supported.
   
   

Files:

\Other\RibbonCustomizations.xml

Differs in managed solutions: Yes

Notes:

1. Sitemap XML format is different for unmanaged & managed solutions. Expect the file to be named as shown here. When extracting both package types, both files are present.
   
   

Files:

\Other\

SiteMap.xml
SiteMap_managed.xml

Differs in managed solutions: No

Notes:

1. The raw web resource is stored as a distinct file. The forward slash (/) characters are used to create folders.
   
   
2. The web resource metadata is stored with a similar file name ending in .data.xml.
   
   
3. It is recommended that the name of a web resource contain the natural file name extension.
   
   
4. Adding the raw files to source control may cause duplication.
   
   

Files:

\WebResources\

<name 1>
<name 1>.data.xml
<name n>
<name n>.data.xml

Differs in managed solutions: No

Notes:

1. Each role is stored in a distinct file.
   
   

Files:

\Roles\

<schema name>.xml

Differs in managed solutions: No

Notes:

1. All Connection Roles are stored jointly in one file.
   
   

Files:

\Other\ConnectionRoles.xml

Differs in managed solutions: No

Notes:

1. Each dashboard is stored in a distinct file.
   
   

Files:

\Dashboards\

{guid 1}.xml
{guid n}.xml

Differs in managed solutions: No

Notes:

1. The XAML for each workflow is stored in a distinct file.
   
   
2. Metadata for each workflow resides in a similarly named file ending in .data.xml.
   
   

Files:

\Workflows\

<XamlFileName 1>.xaml
<XamlFileName 1>.xaml.data.xml
<XamlFileName n>.xaml
<XamlFileName n>.xaml.data.xml

Differs in managed solutions: No

Notes:

1. All email template metadata is stored in a single file.
   
   
2. Each email template uses four distinct files per language.
   
   

Files:

\Templates\

EmailTemplates.xml

EmailDocuments\

<LCID 1>\{guid 1}\

Body.xsl
Presentation.xml
Subject.xsl
Subjectpresentation.xml

<LCID 1>\{guid n}\

Body.xsl
Presentation.xml
Subject.xsl
Subjectpresentation.xml

<LCID n>\{guid 1}\

Body.xsl
Presentation.xml
Subject.xsl
Subjectpresentation.xml

<LCID n>\{guid n}\

Body.xsl
Presentation.xml
Subject.xsl
Subjectpresentation.xml

Differs in managed solutions: No

Notes:

1. All Contract template metadata is stored in a single file.
   
   

Files:

\Templates\ContractTemplates.xml

Differs in managed solutions: No

Notes:

1. All contract template metadata is stored in a single file.
   
   
2. Each contract template uses two distinct files per language.
   
   

Files:

\Templates\

KBArticleTemplates.xml

KBArticleTemplates\

<LCID 1>\{guid 1}\

formatxml.xsl
Structurexml.xml

<LCID 1>\{guid n}\

formatxml.xsl
Structurexml.xml

<LCID n>\{guid 1}\

formatxml.xsl
Structurexml.xml

<LCID n>\{guid n}\

formatxml.xsl
Structurexml.xml

Differs in managed solutions: No

Notes:

1. All mail merge template metadata is stored in a single file.
   
   
2. Each mail merge template uses two distinct files per language.
   
   
3. Documents that are shared across multiple templates will be stored in a single distinct file.
   
   

Files:

\Templates\

MailMergeTemplates.xml

MailMergeDocuments\

<LCID 1>\{guid 1}\<document name 1>.xml
<LCID 1>\{guid n}\<document name n>.xml
<LCID n>\{guid 1}\<document name 1>.xml
<LCID n>\{guid n}\<document name n>.xml

Differs in managed solutions: No

Notes:

1. Each plug-in assembly will have a distinct file for the raw assembly bytes.
   
   
2. Plug-in assembly metadata is stored in a similar named file ending in .data.xml.
   
   
3. Including the raw assembly in source control is not recommended.
   
   

Files:

\PluginAssemblies\

<Assembly Name 1>-{guid 1}\

<Assembly Name 1>.dll
<Assembly Name 1>.dll.data.xml

<Assembly Name n>-{guid n}\

<Assembly Name n>.dll
<Assembly Name n>.dll.data.xml

Differs in managed solutions: No

Notes:

1. Each SDK message processing step is stored in a distinct file.
   
   

Files:

\SdkMessageProcessingSteps\

{guid 1}.xml
{guid n}.xml

Differs in managed solutions: No

Notes:

1. All service end point metadata is jointly stored in one file.
   
   

Files:

\PluginAssemblies\ServiceEndpoints.xml

Differs in managed solutions: No

Notes:

1. Reports are stored in a distinct sub-folder per language.
   
   
2. Each report has a distinct file within that folder.
   
   
3. Metadata for each report is stored within a similar named file ending in .data.xml.
   
   

Files:

\Reports\

ReportSignatureIdMappings.xml

ReportLinks.xml

<LCID 1>\{guid 1}\

<Report Name 1>.rdl
<Report Name 1>.rdl.data.xml

<LCID 1>\{guid n}\

<Report Name n>.rdl
<Report Name n>.rdl.data.xml

<LCID n>\{guid 1}\

<Report Name 1>.rdl
<Report Name 1>.rdl.data.xml

<LCID n>\{guid n}\

<Report Name n>.rdl
<Report Name n>.rdl.data.xml

Differs in managed solutions: No

Notes:

1. All entity maps are stored in a single file.
   
   

Files:

\Other\EntityMaps.xml