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Purpose of manifest and Packageheader in data download package

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Posted on 15 Mar 2018 13:22:29 by 362

Hi Team,

Could you please help me in understanding the purpose of Manifest and Packageheader xml files which will get created when we download the package from the Export Job in DIXF.

Regards

Venky

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    nmaenpaa Profile Picture
    nmaenpaa 101,156 on 13 Dec 2019 at 09:38:30
    RE: Purpose of manifest and Packageheader in data download package

    The package is described for example here: docs.microsoft.com/.../process-data-packages-lcs-solutions

    A data package for a Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations app can consist of one or many data entities. A typical data package consists of a group of entities for a specific task, process, or function. For example, the data entities that are required for general ledger setup might be part of one data package. The format of a data package is a compressed file that contains a package manifest, a package header, and any additional files for the data entities that are included.

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    Yuji 4,125 on 13 Dec 2019 at 08:43:54
    RE: Purpose of manifest and Packageheader in data download package

    Any documentation on this?

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    Sukrut Parab Profile Picture
    Sukrut Parab 71,673 Moderator on 16 Mar 2018 at 01:00:19
    RE: Purpose of manifest and Packageheader in data download package

    PackageHeader contains information about definition group and manifest contains information (metadata mapping,entity sequence,entity name etc) for entities

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    Martin Dráb 231,064 Most Valuable Professional on 15 Mar 2018 at 13:38:47
    RE: Purpose of manifest and Packageheader in data download package

    They contain information about entities including in the package (there may be more than one) and everything needed to create an import job (sequence, mapping). Then you can simply import the package instead of setting up everything up front by yourself.

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