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Adobe Experience Platform allows you to manage Owned extensions. You can upload new extensions, deploy new versions, and release them to either private or public availability.

Manage an extension manage-extension

After you have prepared your extension package locally, use Extension Management in the Data Collection UI to upload it, validate the package, and release versions through Development, Private, and Public availability. You can then install the extension on a property and use it for testing.

Upload an extension upload-extension

To upload an extension, navigate to the Data Collection UI and select Extension Management from the left navigation. From here, select the Owned tab. This tab shows any extensions owned by you or your organization. They are separated by platform, and you can see what extensions you have on each platform (Web, Mobile, and Edge) using the dropdown. Select Upload New Extension.

On the Upload New Extension page, select Select Extension Folder, navigate to the folder that contains your extension, select the folder, then select Upload.

Confirm the number of files that will be uploaded by selecting Upload.

The number of files that will be uploaded is displayed including the extension name, and version. You have the option to perform a Dry Run which will download a zip file to your local machine for inspection. Select Validate & Upload.

Confirmation your extension has successfully been uploaded and processed is displayed along with your Extension Package ID. Select Close to return to the Owned tab where your extension is displayed.

You are returned to the Owned tab where your updloaded extension is displayed.

Release an extension release-extension

To release the extension to be privately available, select your extension to display the information panel on the right. Here you can see the following details of the extension:

Select Release To Private, then select Release To Private again to confirm the release.

Confirmation is received once the extension has successfully been released to Private availibility. The updated availability can be seen in the right panel.

To release the extension to Public availability, select Request Public Release from the right panel.

The Release Extension Package screen provides details that will be required on the request form, with an option to copy the details. Select Go To Request Form.

A new brower tab is opened containing the request form. Copy and paste the information from the Release Extension Package screen into the relevant fields. Submit the completed form for review. You will be notified once the extension has been made public.

Share extension packages with other organizations share-extension

Usage Authorizations is a powerful feature that you can use to securely share private extension packages with trusted partners without making them publicly available in the extension catalog. Use this feature to create a secure bridge between organizations, allowing you to leverage each other’s custom extension code while maintaining privacy and control over your proprietary solutions.

Organizations often develop specialized extensions tailored to their unique business requirements. These extensions may contain proprietary logic, custom integrations, or sensitive configurations that shouldn’t be made publicly available. Usage authorizations solve this challenge by enabling:

The sharing process involves two key participants:

When a private version is shared, the receiving organization gains access to that specific version, creating a direct connection between the two organizations. If a newer version is later made private, it will also be available to the receiving organization without requiring any additional steps on their part.

Create an extension package usage authorization package-usage-authorization

To share an extension, navigate to the Data Collection UI and select Extension Management from the left navigation. From here, select the Usage Authorizations tab.

Here, you see a list of existing shared authorizations organized into two categories:

Select Add Authorization.

Select the Platform for which you want to authorize an extension from the dropdown. You can share Web, Mobile, and Edge extensions.

Next, select the Extension you want to share from your available extensions in the dropdown. The list displays extensions owned by your organization along with their availability status. Extensions whose latest version is in Development availability will not appear in this list.

Next, enter the receiving organization’s ID, then select Save.

You are returned to the Usage Authorizations tab where you can see the extension in your Shared with other orgs list. The status will show Awaiting Approval until the receiving organization approves the authorization, at which point it will be updated to Approved.

When an authorization is active, the shared extension displays a Sharing badge in the catalog indicating it is being shared with other organizations.

Authorize and manage shared extensions manage-shared-extension

To authorize a shared extension for your organization, navigate to the Data Collection UI and select Extension Management from the left navigation, then select the Usage Authorizations tab.

You can see a list of shared extensions including those Awaiting Approval in the Shared with this org section. Select the extension you want to approve, then select Approve.

Select OK in the Authorization Usages dialog.

You are returned to the Usage Authorizations tab where you can see the extension now shows an Approved status.

Once the authorization is approved, the extension is available in your catalog and can be installed and used like any other extension. The shared extension displays a Receiving badge indicating it is an extension that is shared with you by another organization.

Revoking authorizations revoke-authorization

As the owning organization, you can delete an authorization at any point, regardless of its current status (Awaiting approval, Rejected, or Approved).

If your extension was never made public:

If your extension was made public:

When you revoke an authorization, the receiving organization retains certain rights to protect their existing implementations:

Next steps next-steps

This document demonstrated how to use the shared extension feature within Experience Platform. For information on extension development, see the extension development user guide.

For a high-level overview of extension development in Experience Platform, refer to the overview documentation.