| Package VRCs |  |
| Each ERP LN package is distributed as a package VRC, which represents a specific version of that package. VRC stands for version release customer code, and it identifies the development stage of the ERP LN software. A VRC consists of the following: A version code that identifies a major ERP LN software modification A release code that identifies a minor ERP LN software modification A customer extension code that identifies ERP LN software for a specific customer A package, for example, ERP LN Financials, can have more than one version. Each version is identified by a specific package VRC. For example, ERP LN Financials can have a package VRC that contains the standard software of ERP LN Financials and a package VRC that contains the customizations on the standard software of ERP LN Financials. As a rule, a new package VRC is derived from a previous package VRC. To avoid duplication of software components, a new VRC only contains those software components that have changed compared to previous VRCs. The following figure shows an example of the VRC derivation structure: An example of a VRC derivation structure In this example, B60_a is the VRC that contains the standard software. The following two new VRCs are derived from this VRC: The VRC B60C_a_cus1 contains a customized version of the standard software The VRC B60_b contains a new version of the standard software. From this new standard VRC, two new customized versions are derived: B60C_b_cus1 B60C_b_cus2. The VRCs B60C_b_cus1 and B60C_b_cus2 contain several customizations on the B60_b standard version. Package VRC code A unique identifier identifies package VRCs in ERP LN. ERP LN uses the following format to identify package VRCs, the codes of which are described in the following table: pp vvvt_rr_gggn
Code | Description
pp | Package code
vvv | Version code
T | Type code. Denotes customizations on standard software. This field is not filled for the standard software. Possible type codes include the following: L Localizations: Customizations for a specific country. B Branch: Customizations for a specific line of business. C Customer: Customizations ordered by the customer, developed by a dealer or partner. O Own: Customizations developed by the customer.
rr | Release code
ggg | Customer code: This field is not filled for the standard software.
n | Sequence code
For example, for the Strangely Brown Chicken company (SBC), the package VRC tc B60O_b_sbc1 represents the first customization on the standard software in the B60_b VRC of ERP LN Common. Note Customers can only create new VRCs for their own customizations from the standard software. Infor or a partner delivers all other VRC types. |