Once a project exists, you can change its properties and begin to build the project by adding elements, such as process flows, services, adapters, emitters, and schemas. Project elements are either created in Designer or imported to the project. For example, a process flow can be created in Designer or imported from another source, while services, adapters, and emitters are imported from Service Manager.
This section explains how to:
To gain access to a project and its components you must open the project. To open a project, either click the project icon or right-click the project node and select Open from the drop-down list. The project node in the Navigator pane expands to display the project components.
Note: Opening a project automatically connects you to the repository where the project resides.
To close a project, right-click the project node and select Close from the drop-down list. When you close a project, you have the option to save the project. Once a project is closed it cannot be changed in Designer until it is opened again. Although the resources of a closed project do not appear in the Navigator pane, they still reside on the local file system.
The refresh option reloads a project from the repository and displays the most current version of that project in the Designer window.
To refresh a project, select Refresh from the View menu or right-click the project and select Refresh from the drop-down list.
The project properties are the project name and description, and where it is stored (in the iWay Registry or a configuration). To view project properties, right‑click the project of interest and select Properties from the drop‑down list. The properties dialog box opens displaying two tabs, Content and Configuration or Registry, from which you can obtain project information.
Multiple Designer users can be using a single repository, but only those projects and process flows that you create or import into your project will appear in your instance of Designer. The import feature allows you to bring a process flow used by or created for an outside project into one or more of your projects. You can import a process flow to your project from either:
The following procedures explain how to import a process flow from each of these options.
To import a process flow from a file:
The Import Process - Process content dialog box opens, as shown in the following image.
To browse to a file:
The Select Process File dialog box opens, as shown in the following image.
The file contents appear in the text pane of the Process Content dialog box. The following image shows an example of this dialog box with a loaded process flow file.
An Identifier Confirmation window opens, as shown in the following image.
The process flow is imported to the selected project and appears in the Navigator pane under the project Processes node.
Importing a process flow from a repository is useful if you want to restore a process flow that you deleted from your Designer view.
To import a process flow from a repository:
The Import Process(es) dialog box opens, as shown in the following image. This dialog box contains three columns to identify a process flow; Process Name, Version, and Description.
The process flow appears in the Navigator pane under the selected Processes node.
To import a process flow from a Service Manager configuration or the iWay Registry:
The Import Process(es) - Locate a Process Server dialog box opens, as shown in the following image.
The Import From dialog box opens, as shown in the following image.
The Import Process(es) dialog box opens. This dialog box contains three columns to identify the available process flows; Name, Type, and Description. When you select iWay Registry, the available process flows appear under a Registry node in the Name column. The following image is an example of the Import Process(es) dialog box when you are importing from a configuration, where the available process flows appear under a System node in the Name column.
The process flow is imported to the selected project and appears in the Navigator pane under the Processes node.
When updates or changes to services, adapters or emitters are made on the Service Manager, you might want to reflect these changes in the projects that use that instance of Service Manager.
To reload services, adapters, and emitters from the iWay Server to a project, right-click the Services, Adapters, or Emitters node and select reload from the drop-down list.
For a status of the reload, see the Results tab of the Message Log pane. For example, if a reload of services was successful, the following message appears.
All available services have been loaded from iWay server. Reload: Succeeded
Once you create a project, you can add schemas that might be used within the project.
When a schema exists in the project, you can right-click the schema to view it, remove (delete) or edit it, and view its properties.
To view a schema available to Designer:
The schema appears in an Internet Explorer window.
To add a schema to the Schema node:
The Adding iWay Schema - Schema Configuration dialog box opens, as shown in the following image.
The Schema Content dialog box opens.
To browse to the schema:
The Select Schema File dialog box opens, as shown in the following image.
The schema appears in the text pane of the Schema content dialog box. The following image shows an example of this dialog box with schema loaded.
The schema you added appears under the Schemas node in the Navigator pane. The Message Log pane displays the status of adding the schema to the project.
To edit a schema available to Designer:
Note: Editing a schema is currently not supported.
The Edit Schema dialog box opens. This dialog box, shown in the following image, provides two tabs; General and Content.
The edits made to the schema are now in affect.
To delete a schema from a process flow project:
Warning: Before you continue, be sure that you want to remove the selected schema. When you perform the next step, the schema is automatically removed without further confirmation.
The selected schema no longer appears under the Schemas node.
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