[APS1 to APS2] What's the analogue for Global Settings in APS2 and how it should be implemented?

Original Publishing Date:
2020-01-22

Symptoms

I need to migrate an existing APS1 application to APS2 but cannot find how to implement Global Settings to share common settings between all packages, how do I do it in APS2?

Resolution

Resource model was changed in APS2.

APS1:

There is a resource type with Global Settings based on Resouce Class 'Application', this is a main service provided to a customer via Service Template/Service plan.

APS2:

provider owns an instance of a service that implements http://www.aps-standard.org/ui/application (it can be found in Provider Control Panel)
resource type based on class 'Application Service Reference' is created for this instance and included in service templates to pass these values
main customer service that plugs in to http://www.aps-standard.org/ui/service should have a relation to this service

Documentation

Basic explanation of globals.

Basic package with globals.