Grouping Functionality Into Components

The component designer is used to group functionality used in various business applications and to provide integrity control on updating versions of Foresight Analytics Platform components.

The work with the component is executed in the desktop application of Foresight Analytics Platform.

To create and set up a component, follow the steps:

  1. Create the Component object.

NOTE. To create a customer component the repository must contain the extension of the Designer of Business Applications extension of Foresight. Analytics Platform.

  1. Move the previously created objects to the component.

  1. Set up component dependencies from other components of Foresight Analytics Platform that are required for its stable work.

  1. Select which component objects should become public to be used in various business applications.

  1. Select object classes in use that belong to this component and that will be added to repository after installing the component.

  1. Create an update package specifying component name and update version.

  1. Install the created update package with component version to the required repository.

See also:

Getting Started with the Designer of Business Applications Extension