Setup packages desktop application guide

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The desktop application provides a visual interface for creating and managing configurations.

Installation

The desktop application provides a visual interface for creating and managing configurations. It can be downloaded via one of the two available package managers:

Chocolatey

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Deployments to chocolatey are currently suspended. For the time being, use scoop.

choco install dimescheduler-setup

Scoop

scoop bucket add dimescheduler https://github.com/dime-scheduler/setup-packages-distro
scoop install dimescheduler-setup

If you're on macOS, you can install via Homebrew:

brew tap dime-scheduler/setup-packages-distro https://github.com/dime-scheduler/setup-packages-distro
brew install --cask dimescheduler-setup

Pages

Landing page

The starting point with quick access to:

• Create new configuration
• Open existing configuration
• Recent configurations
• Quick-start templates

Wizard

The wizard is a step-by-step guide for creating configurations:

1. Document types

Choose profile, layouts, users, configuration, or bundle

2. Metadata

Set owner and notification email:

• The owner email address refers to a user that already exists in Dime.Scheduler, and this user will be the owner of the new entities
• The notification email will be used to send a report once the import has completed.

3. Profile Settings and Workspace Builder

Configure theme, routing, and planning (for profiles), and a visual layout editor (for profiles)

4. Layouts

Define grid layouts

5. Users

Manage user accounts (for users/bundles)

6. Configuration

Import and export application configuration settings. Configuration documents contain key/value pairs for system-wide settings. See Configuration for the full list of available keys.

7. Summary and deploy

• Review configuration
• Configure merge strategy (for bundles)
• Save or deploy

Configurations

Manage saved configurations:

• View and edit existing configurations
• Duplicate configurations
• Delete configurations
• Export as JSON5 or JSON

Instances

Configure Dime.Scheduler instances for deployment:

• Add production, sandbox, or test instances
• Store API keys securely
• Test connectivity

Deploy

The deploy page allows you to bulk deploy configurations to an instance of choice: