Environment Structure

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The Configured Environments tree contains a single top-level node, called Configured Environments. Below the Configured Environments node are the WebFOCUS environments you configure. All environments in App Studio are WebFOCUS environments. The subareas you see under a WebFOCUS environment might differ depending on the edition of App Studio that you license.

You can configure a WebFOCUS environment on the same machine as App Studio or elsewhere in your enterprise. Full (stand-alone) installations of App Studio let you manage resources and applications on your local machine, as well as on remote servers, from a single interface.

For more information, see How to Add a WebFOCUS Environment.

The following image shows a sample Configured Environments tree that contains two configured WebFOCUS environments.

Configured Environments tree

Through the Security Center, you can control user permissions to limit the development areas a user can access. For example, Managed Reporting development through App Studio is only available to users who have permission.

For more information, see Derby Database.


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Development Areas Under WebFOCUS Environments

How to:

WebFOCUS environments in the Configured Environments tree contain subareas or nodes for application development in that environment. The Data Servers, Local Projects, Content, and Web Applications nodes expand to display the files that you can use to develop WebFOCUS applications successfully.

App Studio does not sort files, such as procedure files, Master Files, HTML files, or images, into separate folders according to file type. Use the Environments Tree toolbar to filter the files in a project or application folder.

Note: The Local Projects node only appears when the APPROOT of your WebFOCUS Client and the APPROOT of your Reporting Server match.

A WebFOCUS environment can contain any of the following development areas:



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Procedure: How to Add a New Project
  1. In the Configured Environments tree, right-click the Local Projects node, and then click New Project.

    The Project Wizard opens, as shown in the following image.

    Create a Project dialog box

    In the Create a Project - Step 1 of 2 dialog box, you can:

    • Type a name for the new project you are creating.
    • Type a different directory name, or browse for an existing directory.
    • View the location and name of the new project.
  2. In the first input field, type a name for the new project. The name can be a maximum of 18 characters in length including spaces.

    The Project Wizard displays the project name (with spaces and special characters corrected) as the default directory in the second input field. Optionally, you can enter the name of a subdirectory associated with another project file so that the new project shares project files with the existing project.

    The location and name of the new project appears at the bottom of the dialog box.

  3. Click Next. A message opens if the directory does not exist.
  4. Click Yes to create the new directory.

    The Create a Project - Step 2 of 2 dialog box opens, as shown in the following image.

    Create a Project dialog box 2

    From this dialog box, you can add other directories to the project path. Project files in those directories are visible to the project and accessible for development.

  5. Click Add to add other directories to the project path.

    The Browse For Folder dialog box opens, as shown in the following image.

    Browse For Folder dialog box

  6. Select a folder you want to add to the project path, and then click OK.

    Repeat this step to add more directories to the project path.

    • To change the order of the directories, select the directory, and click Move Up or Move Down.
    • To remove a directory from the list, select the directory, and click Remove.
  7. When you are satisfied with the order of the directories, and have no other changes, click Finish.

    The new project now appears under the Local Projects node.

    You can update the directory folders associated with a Project through the File/Folder Properties panel. To add a file to the project, right-click the file, and then click Add to Project.



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Procedure: How to Create a New Application in the Data Servers Area
  1. Expand the Data Servers node.
  2. Expand a server node.
  3. Right-click the Applications node, and then click New Application.

    A new application with the default name, newapp, appears.

    Note: If the APPROOT of the WebFOCUS Client and the APPROOT of the Reporting Server file point to the same place, the application you create appears below the Data Servers node and the Web Applications node because of the common Application Root directory.

  4. Right-click the new application, and click Rename.
  5. Type a name for the new application, and click anywhere in the Configured Environments tree to accept your changes.

    You can add to the new application by right-clicking the application folder, pointing to New, and then clicking Procedure, Report, SQL Report, Chart, SQL Chart, HTML/Document, Synonym, Synonym via Metadata Canvas, Define Function Library, Upload Data, WebFOCUS StyleSheet, Text Document, XML Document With ESRI Configuration, or Application. You can also delete the new application by right-clicking the application folder, and clicking Delete.



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Procedure: How to Create a New Folder in the Repository Area

The option to create a new folder in the repository area can be restricted for specific users or groups of users.

To create a new folder in the repository area, follow these steps:

  1. Expand the Content node.
  2. Right-click the Content node, or a folder underneath it, to create a subfolder, and click New Folder.

    A new folder with the default title, NewFolder1, appears.

    The name and title of the folder can be modified in the File/Folder Properties panel.

    Also, the tree differs depending on whether it is set to display titles or names.

    To add to the new folder, right-click the application folder, point to New, and then click Procedure, Report, SQL Report, Chart, SQL Chart, HTML/Document, Visualization, Alert, Reporting Object, URL, Cascading Style Sheet, WebFOCUS StyleSheet, Text Document, Schedule, Distribution List, or Library Access List. To delete the new application, right-click the application folder, and click Delete.


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