Create offering versions

Creating a new version of an offering involves making a copy of the original offering, including the sequenced or topology service design and properties. After creation, you can select a new display name, service design, and version name for the offering. You can also use existing offerings as a basis for creating new offering versions by using the Base Offering On option.

You can create multiple versions from one offering. Use the version list to view and track versions over time.

Tasks

1. Select an offering from the All Offerings page list to open the Overview page.
2. Click the gear icon and select Create New Version.
3. In the New Version dialog, enter a new Offering Version.

4. Specify if the new offering is Upgradable from <selected_offering_version> where <selected_offering_version> (also referred to as the base offering) is the version of the offering from which the new version is created.

   1. Select Yes if the new offering is upgradable from the base offering (enabling subscriptions belonging to the base offering to be upgradable to the new offering).

   2. Select No if the new offering is not upgradable from the base offering (subscriptions belonging to the base offering are not upgradable to the new offering) or if the selected offering contains a topology design (topology designs are not upgradable).

   This selection also determines the service designs that can be used by this offering.

   The Upgradable from field is not available to the Consumer Organization Administrator role. If this dialog is accessed from the Marketplace Portal, the offering cannot be configured by the Consumer Organization Administrator to be upgradable from the base offering.

5. Browse to select the topology (if the new offering is not in an upgrade path) or sequenced Service Design, and then click Select.

   1. If the offering being created is upgradable from the base offering, the service designs that are selectable are published service designs that are upgradable from the service design of the base offering.
   2. If the offering is not upgradable from the base offering, the service designs that are selectable are published versions of the service design of the base offering.

   For example, there are three published service design versions(1.0.0, 2.0.0, and 2.0.1) and one unpublished service design (3.0.0). The base offering uses service design 1.0.0, service design 2.0.0 is upgradable from service design 1.0.0, and service design 2.0.1 is upgradable from service design 2.0.0. If the new offering is upgradable from the base offering, the selectable service design would be service design 2.0.0. If the new offering is not upgradable from the base offering, the selectable service designs would be service designs 1.0.0, 2.0.0, and 2.0.1.

6. If the new offering is upgradable from the base offering and the selected service design has been configured with a description of the upgrade path, the upgrade path of the service design is displayed. You can also click View Service Design Upgrade Description to display the description of the upgrade path. This link displays only if the upgrade description is defined in the design.

7. Enter the offering version description.

8. To change the image used as your version icon,

   1. Click the Change Image button.
   2. Select a new image, then click Select.
   3. To upload an image of your choice, click Upload. Selecting an image file here copies it into the image library. Click Select.

9. Click Select Tags if you want to associate tags to the offering. Select the desired tags and click Done.

10. Click Create to finish. The new version page opens for editing.
11. Use the Versions tab to view a list of all versions of the offering. See Versions Tab.