Publishing your add-on

With your add-on developed and tested, you can move forward to releasing it to the eLabNext Marketplace for others to use. This section will take you through publishing and then releasing your add-on.

Add-on draft

The first step in the publishing process is to create a draft of your add-on. This can be done by navigating to the "My Add-ons" page in the developer portal and clicking the "New add-on" button if no add-on has been created. If you have already created an add-on, for example, during the Developing process, you can continue from there.

Selecting the "New add-on" button will prompt you to fill in the details of your add-on. When you have created a new add-on or chose an existing one, you are then redirected to the add-on overview. You can fill in the add-on details and information and add the code here. This overview also shows the add-on's status and version at the top of the page and the missing information that needs to be filled out in the left overview menu.

As long as the add-on is in draft status, you can make changes to the add-on. When you want to publish your add-on to Sandbox for Testing(), click the "Publish to Sandbox" button.

Publish to Sandbox

Not all fields must be filled out to publish your add-on to the Sandbox Marketplace. However, the following fields are mandatory to publish your add-on to the Sandbox Marketplace:

Category
Add-on code
Installation Scope

When you have filled out all mandatory fields and uploaded your add-on code, you can publish your add-on to the Sandbox Marketplace. The add-on can then be installed and tested for its functionality. Notice how the status has changed in the header of the add-on overview to indicate that the add-on is now published to the Sandbox Marketplace, but the add-on version is still in draft status.

Because the add-on is still in draft status, you can make changes to it and publish it again on the Sandbox Marketplace. This is useful when you want to test changes to your add-on or the information on the add-on page in the Marketplace.

Submit for review

When you are satisfied with your add-on and want to release it to the eLabNext Marketplace, you can submit it for review. This can be done by clicking the "Submit for review" button. This will prompt you to fill in the necessary information for the review process. When you have filled in the necessary information, you can submit your add-on for review.

When you have submitted your add-on for review, the status of your add-on will change to "Waiting for review", and this version of the add-on can also no longer be edited.

The eLabNext team will review your add-on and the information you have provided. If the add-on is approved, it can be released to the eLabNext Marketplace. If the add-on is not approved, you will receive feedback on what needs to be changed or added to the add-on.

Release your add-on

With the add-on approved, you can release it to the eLabNext Marketplace. The add-on status will show that the add-on version is ready to be released. You can release the add-on by clicking the "Release to Marketplace" button.

With your add-on now released to the eLabNext Marketplace, it can be installed and used by other eLabNext users. This version of the add-on can no longer be edited, but you can create a new version of the add-on to make changes to it to keep it up to date.

This new add-on version is then again in the draft phase, and the release process can be repeated.