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Uploading private marketplace resources

Introduction

Having built resources that you want to share, they can be uploaded to your private marketplace. You can upload a package of resources as a blueprint, or individual components (connectors, process flows, scripts, and cross-reference lookups.

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Accessing your private marketplace

Introduction

Your private marketplace can be accessed via the main Patchworks marketplace - it's simply a case of toggling between 'public' and 'private'.

The steps

Uploading blueprints
Uploading a new connector
Uploading a new process flow
Uploading a new script
Uploading a new cross-reference lookup
1

Log in & switch to your own company profile

Log into the dashboard and (if you're managing multiple company profiles) ensure that you've switched to your own profile.

2

Access the marketplace

Select marketplace from the left-hand navigation menu:

3

Choose the resource type and your private marketplace

Select a tab to view: blueprints, connectors, process flows, scripts, or cross-reference lookups and click the private tab. For example:

Any resources that have been uploaded by users associated with your company profile or (for linked companies) your parent company profile, are displayed.

Private marketplaces

Introduction

If you manage multiple company profiles, it can be useful to share resources between them. With appropriate user roles & permissions, you can access a private marketplace for your company profile.

Any blueprints, connectors, process flows, scripts or cross-reference lookups that you build can be uploaded to your private marketplace to be viewed/installed by:

  • Users associated with your own company profile

  • Users associated with any that you manage

Need to know

  • To upload resources to your private marketplace, your user account must be associated with an administrator role.

  • To install resources from your private marketplace, user accounts must be associated with a manager role or above.

  • You can and publish this to your private marketplace. A blueprint can include any number of process flows, with all associated connectors, scripts, cross-reference lookups, caches and data pools.

Resource visibility for linked companies

If you are a parent company administrator managing multiple linked profiles, you might upload resources to your own private marketplace and/or the private marketplace for any child company.

With this in mind, it's important to understand how resource visibility works in a parent/child company context. This is shown in the table below:

Resource uploaded to...
Resource available in...

Uploading blueprints to your private marketplace

Introduction

If you manage multiple company profiles, it's likely that you will need to share process flows and associated resources between them.

You can do this by creating your own blueprint, which can then be installed in any child companies that you manage. For more information, please refer to Working with private blueprints.

If you'd like to make your blueprint available in the , you should

You can upload individual custom connectors, process flows, scripts, and cross-reference lookups to your private marketplace.

  • To upload a process flow, it must be deployed.

  • To upload a script, it must be saved and deployed.

  • Parent marketplace

    parent company private marketplacechild company private marketplaces

    Child marketplace

    own child company private marketplaceparent company private marketplacesibling-child company private marketplaces
    linked companies
    bundle resources into a blueprint
    Patchworks public marketplace
    submit it for approval.

    Uploading custom connectors to your private marketplace

    Introduction

    Having built a custom connector (or edited a Patchworks connector to work in a different way), you can upload it to the connectors section of your private marketplace. This guide walks through the steps needed to achieve this.

    You only need to upload a custom connector to your private marketplace if you want to make it available for your users (and your linked company users) to download as a standalone resource. If you just want to include the connector in a process flow or a blueprint, you don't need to upload it separately - please see or .

    The steps

    Step 1 Login to the Patchworks dashboard and ensure you're switched to the correct company profile.

    Any resources you upload to the private marketplace for your own 'parent' company will be available to your 'child' companies (via their private marketplaces). Similarly, any resources uploaded to the private marketplace for a 'child' company will be available to the 'parent' company AND all child-sibling companies. For more information please see .

    Step 2 From the left-hand navigation menu, select process flows | connectors options - all of your installed/custom connectors are listed.

    Step 3 Find the connector that you want to upload - it should be displayed with the name of your company profile (rather than Patchworks) and an upload option:

    Step 4 Click the upload option.

    If you don't see an upload option, it's likely that your user account does not have the required permissions. Please if this is the case.

    Step 5 The upload is queued for processing and will be completed as soon as possible. Check your notification centre for confirmation if you miss the popup message when this is done:

    Check your for confirmation if you miss the popup message when this is done.

    Uploading scripts to your private marketplace

    Introduction

    Having saved and deployed a custom script, you can upload it to the scripts section of your private marketplace. This guide walks through the steps needed to achieve this.

    You only need to upload a script to your private marketplace if you want to make it available for your users (and your linked company users) to download as a standalone resource.

    If you just want to include the script in a process flow or an app, you don't need to upload it separately - please see or .

    Preparation

    Ensure that the script that you want to upload is

    The steps

    Step 1 Login to the Patchworks dashboard and ensure you're switched to the correct company profile.

    Any resources you upload to the private marketplace for your own 'parent' company will be available to your 'child' companies (via their private marketplaces). Similarly, any resources uploaded to the private marketplace for a 'child' company will be available to the 'parent' company AND all child-sibling companies. For more information please see .

    Step 2 From the left-hand navigation menu, select process flows | scripts options - all of your custom scripts are listed.

    Step 3 Find the script that you want to upload - it should have a deployed status:

    Step 4 Click the name of the script to access script details, then click the upload button:

    You'll only see this option for a deployed script. If you are checking a deployed version and this option isn't shown, it's likely that your user account does not have the required permissions. Please if this is the case.

    Step 5 The upload is queued for processing and will be completed as soon as possible.

    Check your for confirmation if you miss the popup message when this is done.

    Uploading cross-reference lookups to your private marketplace

    Introduction

    Having created and saved a cross-reference lookup, you can upload it to the cross-reference lookups section of your private marketplace. This guide walks through the steps needed to achieve this.

    You only need to upload a cross-reference lookup to your private marketplace if you want to make it available for your users (and your linked company users) to download as a standalone resource.

    If you just want to include the cross-reference lookup in a process flow or an app, you don't need to upload it separately - please see or .

    The steps

    Step 1 Login to the Patchworks dashboard and ensure you're switched to the correct company profile.

    Any resources you upload to the private marketplace for your own 'parent' company will be available to your 'child' companies (via their private marketplaces). Similarly, any resources uploaded to the private marketplace for a 'child' company will be available to the 'parent' company AND all child-sibling companies. For more information please see .

    Step 2 From the left-hand navigation menu, select the cross-reference lookups option - all of your cross-reference lookups are listed.

    Step 3 Click the name of the lookup that you want to upload, to access details, then click the upload button:

    If you don't see an upload option, it's likely that your user account does not have the required permissions. Please if this is the case.

    Step 4 The upload is queued for processing and will be completed as soon as possible.

    Check your for confirmation if you miss the popup message when this is done.

    Uploading process flows to your private marketplace

    Introduction

    Having , , and a process flow, you can upload it to the process flows section of your private marketplace. This guide walks through the steps needed to achieve this.

    You only need to upload a process flow to your private marketplace if you want to make it available for your users (and your linked company users) to download as a standalone resource. If you just want to include the process flow in a blueprint, you don't need to upload it separately - please see

    Uploading process flows to your private marketplace
    Uploading blueprints to your private marketplace
    About private marketplace access
    contact Patchworks support
    notification centre
    Uploading process flows to your private marketplace
    Uploading apps to your private marketplace
    saved and deployed.
    About private marketplace access
    contact Patchworks support
    notification centre
    Uploading process flows to your private marketplace
    Uploading apps to your private marketplace
    About private marketplace access
    contact Patchworks support
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    .

    Need to know

    When you upload a process flow, any configured connectors, scripts, cross-reference lookups, caches and de-dupe pools will be included.

    Preparation

    Ensure that the process flow you want to upload is enabled and deployed.

    The steps

    Step 1 Login to the Patchworks dashboard and ensure you're switched to the correct company profile.

    Any resources you upload to the private marketplace for your own 'parent' company will be available to your 'child' companies (via their private marketplaces). Similarly, any resources uploaded to the private marketplace for a 'child' company will be available to the 'parent' company AND all child-sibling companies. For more information please see About private marketplace access.

    Step 2 From the left-hand navigation menu, select process flows | process flows options - all of your process flows are listed.

    Step 3 Click the name of the process flow that you want to upload - the process flow canvas is displayed.

    Step 4 Click the settings option from the actions bar:

    Move down to the versions panel and ensure that the deployed version is displayed - check that this is the version that you want to upload.

    If you don't want to use the version that's currently deployed, you should edit the draft and deploy this.

    Step 5 Click the ellipses associated with the deployed version and select the upload to marketplace option:

    You'll only see this option for a deployed process flow. If you are checking a deployed version and this option isn't shown, it's likely that your user account does not have the required permissions. Please contact Patchworks support if this is the case.

    Step 6 Click the upload button to upload this process flow to your private marketplace. The upload is queued for processing and will be completed as soon as possible.

    Check your notification centre for confirmation if you miss the popup message when this is done.

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    enabled
    deployed
    Uploading blueprints to your private marketplace