Building Business Application

The designer of business applications is used to develop web applications using standard tools and extensions of Foresight Analytics Platform and to provide integrity control on updating business application versions.

A business application can be built in the Foresight Analytics Platform desktop application.

To build a business application, follow the steps:

1. Create a business application, if required, change its common parameters.

NOTE. To create a business application and further create and install updates, the repository must contain extension of the Designer of Business Applications extension of Foresight Analytics Platform.

2. Create an internal structure of application to place objects.

3. Add objects to the application internal structure.

New objects can also be added to the application using creation wizards of the Foresight Analytics Platform objects.

4. Create a menu structure for the web application.

5. Add shortcuts for objects that should be displayed in the web application to the menu structure.

6. Set up object display parameters in the web application working area.

7. Set up dependencies for business application of components of Foresight Analytics Platform that are required for its stable work.

8. Execute installation and setup of business application designer back end to enable web application work.

9. Check performance of ready web application. Open the web application in the browser, navigate by side menu items and open objects located in them.

10. If required, set up page layout, for example, disable navigation bar and use only title bar.

11. Create an update package to transfer business applications to another repository by specifying name and number of of the business application update version.

12. Install created update package to the required repository.

See also:

Getting Started with the Designer of Business Applications Extension | Grouping Functionality Into Components