Set Parameters Dialog Box for a Computer Group or Profile

Use this dialog box to set parameters for the packages being deployed to the computer group or the packages that are part of a package profile. This dialog box contains tabs for all the packages for which parameters must be defined.

If the Set Parameters dialog moves to the background, such as when you are reading the package info file, move it to the foreground by clicking the Windows taskbar Set Parameters button, or by pressing Alt-Tab.

Tab Page

The dialog box shows an individual tab page for each package that is being deployed. Each computer in the group has its own column. Each tab page provides the following information.

Item	Description
Name	The long name describing the package.
Version	The version number of the package as defined by the Version parameter in the [INFO] section of the Package Configuration File (config.swp).
Revision	The version number of the CCM Package Configuration File (config.swp) as defined by the SWPRelease parameter in the [INFO] section of the Package Configuration File.

Parameters Grid

The Parameters grid displays the following columns of information about the packages you have selected to be deployed to the computer group.

Column	Description
Name	The display name for the parameter. The package parameters can be dependent on each other. If dependencies are defined, CCM checks the parameter entries and displays the dependent parameters. The parameter names of dependent parameters are indented.
Type	The data type of the parameter.
!	Indicates that the parameter is mandatory. You must enter a value. No exclamation point means that the parameter is optional.
<Computer Name>	The names of the computers in the group to which you are deploying packages display as column headings. The parameter values display below the computer name. Click these fields to set values for the parameters. The method for setting the values depends on the parameter type. For example: A Selection type allows you to select a value from a drop-down list. A String type allows you to type a string in the field. TIP: You can change a parameter value for all of the computers in a computer group simultaneously by double-clicking the parameter name in the Name column. The entire row is highlighted, and the Set List Parameter Value dialog box opens where you can select or type the parameter value.

Buttons

Button	Action
Show Package Info	Displays the Package Info file, if you have set this feature in the <servername> Properties dialog's Packages tab. If the Set Parameters dialog moves to the background, such as when you are reading the package info file, move it to the foreground by clicking the Windows taskbar's Set Parameters button, or by pressing Alt-Tab.
Reset Values	Opens the Reset Parameter Value dialog box where you can select an option to reset parameter values: Current Job Values - Click when you are updating the same package and want to reset the parameters to the current package job values. Package Defaults - Click when you want to reset the parameters values to the package default values. Profile Values - Click when you have deployed packages to computers from a package profile and want to rest the parameter values to the profile values.
Import	Opens an Import from File dialog box where you can browse to and select a .txt file of package parameter values that will be automatically imported into the Parameters grid for all the tab pages.
Export	Opens the File Import/Export Settings dialog box where you set the delimiter type and then export the parameter values entered in all the tab pages of this dialog box to a .txt file.
OK	Accepts the values entered all the tab pages, closes the dialog box, and initiates the deployment and execution of the package job, and starts the Managing Package Jobs CCM Activity.
Cancel	Cancels the installation or update procedure and closes the dialog box.
Help	Opens the Help window describing this dialog box.