Product Bundles

>What Is a Product Bundle? >Prerequisites for Creating a Product Bundle >Product Bundle Status >Creating a Product Bundle >Actions for Product Bundles

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Types of Product Bundles

Attribute	Packaged Product Bundle	Discrete Product Bundle
Overview	A packaged product bundle groups products that are always handled together. All products in the bundle are activated at the same time and behave as a single offering.	A discrete product bundle groups products for convenience while keeping them separate. Each product in the bundle can be activated and managed independently.
Key Features	>All products must have the same quantity. >All products must have the same enforcement.	>Products can have different quantities. >Products can have different enforcements.
Activation	>You can use the following activation methods to activate a product bundle: •Fixed •Full >All products are activated as a single unit. If the activation fails for any product in a packaged product bundle, the activation for the entire product bundle fails. For details, see Activation Method.	For each product in the product bundle, activation method is defined in the product itself. Products can be activated individually. For details, see Activation Method.
Revocation	You can partially revoke a product bundle by revoking one or more products in the bundle. However, you must revoke all products in the bundle before the product bundle can be reactivated.	Each product can be revoked independently, without affecting the other products in the bundle.
Typical Use Cases	>Commercial offerings where multiple products are always sold and activated together as a single unit. For example, a base application and its mandatory add-ons that must be activated at the same time. >Promotional offerings where products are grouped together and must be activated as a single unit. For example, a limited-time promotion that includes a core product and a bundled service entitlement.	>Commercial offerings where products are sold together but activated independently, allowing flexibility in how and when each product is used. For example, a base product with optional add-ons that can be activated later. >Offerings that allow customers to choose which products to activate and when to activate them. For example, purchasing a bundle that includes multiple features but activating them independently over time.

Prerequisites for Creating a Product Bundle

>A role that includes Catalog (Namespace) permissions for the relevant namespace. (You cannot move product bundles from one namespace to another.) At minimum, the vendor user needs the Add permission. For details, see Roles.

>You must define the license model for all features in a product before adding it to a product bundle. You cannot add a product if any of its features have the license model set to Define in Entitlement.

>You cannot add versionless products to a product bundle. However, you can add variants of versionless products.

>You cannot add disabled products, product suites, or other product bundles to a product bundle.

> A product bundle containing products from the Sentinel Fit enforcement cannot contain products from other enforcements.

Product Bundle Status

The Status attribute on the Product Bundles page indicates the status of a product bundle.

Possible values:

>Draft: When you first create a product bundle, it is saved as draft. You can edit or delete a draft product bundle. You cannot create entitlements for a draft product bundle, however, you can create test entitlements for testing purposes.

>Completed: You can create entitlements for the product bundle. You can convert a complete product bundle to draft to edit the product bundle.

>End of Life (EOL): An obsolete product bundle. You cannot edit or delete the product bundle, and it is no longer available for inclusion in new entitlements. You can restore an EOL product bundle by marking it as complete.

Creating a Product Bundle

From the navigation pane, select Catalog > Product Bundles to open the Product Bundles page. Then click the Add Product Bundle button to create a product bundle.

Product Bundle Attributes

The following table explains the product bundle attributes:

Attribute	Description	Required/Optional	Valid Values
Namespace	(Visible only if more than one namespace is available.) The namespace in which the product bundle is stored.	Required	Any namespace in the list
Type	Type of product bundle. The following types are available: •Packaged •Discrete For details, see Types of Product Bundles	Required	One of the following: >Packaged >Discrete
Name	Name of the product bundle.	Required	>1 to 90 characters >Alphanumeric >Special characters >Must be unique
Activation Method	(Available only if Type is set to Packaged) The method of defining and allocating the quantity of licenses available for the product bundle in an entitlement. Activation methods: >Fixed: The total quantity is divided equally for consumption in multiple activations. When you select Fixed, the Fixed Quantity field is added to the Define Attributes pane enabling you to specify the fixed amount to be consumed in each activation. >Full: The entire quantity is activated in a single activation.	Required	One of the following: >Fixed >Full Default: Fixed
Fixed Quantity	(Available only if Type is set to Packaged and Activation Method is set to Fixed) Defines the fixed amount to be consumed in each activation. NOTE    The fixed quantity of a product bundle that includes products from Sentinel LDK is 1.	Required	Number from 1 to the maximum quantity of activations. Must be same as the quantity of the individual products in the product bundle. Default: 1
Description	Additional information about the product bundle.	Optional	>Maximum: 500 characters
Additional Attributes
External ID	External reference identifier that uniquely identifies the product bundle in an external system.	Optional	>0 to 60 characters >Alphanumeric >Must be unique
Ref ID 1	Reference identifier that identifies the product bundle in an external system.	Optional	>0 to 100 characters >Alphanumeric
Ref ID 2	Reference identifier that identifies the product bundle in an external system.	Optional	>0 to 100 characters >Alphanumeric

Associate Products

After you provide the attribute details, use the Associate Products pane to add products to the product bundle. You can either associate products or create an empty product bundle and add products later.

You cannot associate products that are disabled, versionless, product suites, or other product bundles. You must also define the license model for all the features of the product to be included in the product bundle. Products that contain features with the license model set to Define in Entitlement cannot be added to a product bundle.

You must specify a quantity for each product in the bundle. The maximum quantity is 99999.

>For Packaged product bundles, all products must have the same quantity and enforcement type.

>For Discrete product bundles, products can have different quantities and enforcement types.

Actions for Product Bundles

The following table lists the actions available for product bundles:

Action		Description
	Edit	Updates information for an existing product bundle. >You cannot modify Namespace for a product bundle. >You can modify the Description, External ID, and Ref IDs for a completed product bundle.
	Complete	Marks a product bundle as "complete". >A product bundle can be marked as "complete" only if at least one product is associated with it. >A product bundle is available for an entitlement only after it is marked as "complete".
	Copy	Duplicates an existing product bundle, enabling you to edit the copy and create a new product bundle. Edit the details as required, and then click Save to create the new product bundle.
	Revert to Draft	Reverts a completed product bundle to a draft, enabling you to edit or delete the product bundle. >You cannot revert a product bundle if it is associated with an entitlement. >You can revert a product bundle that is associated with test entitlements.
	Delete	Deletes a draft product bundle. >You cannot delete a product bundle that is associated with an entitlement.
	End of Life	Marks a product bundle as End of Life (EOL) to make the product bundle obsolete. >You cannot add an EOL product bundle to entitlements. >You cannot edit or delete an EOL product bundle. >This action is available only after a product bundle is marked as "complete". >You can restore an EOL product bundle by marking it as "complete". This makes the product bundle available for entitlements.