Setting Up Basic Properties: Business application, web application

Setting Up Basic Properties

Business application basic properties can be set up on the Basic Settings page in the business application creation wizard.

Create a new or open a ready business application for edit.

To create a new business application in the object navigator click the Create button in the main menu and select the object type on the New Object side panel. When creating a business application, one can use only the Basic Settings wizard page.

To open a ready business application for edit in the object navigator select the business application and execute one of the operations:

Select the Edit item in the business application's context menu
Select the Edit in a New Tab item in the business application's context menu
Select the Edit in a New Window item in the business application's context menu
Press F4.

When opening a business application for edit, all wizard pages are available: Basic Settings, Layout and Formatting, Navigation Structure, and Advanced Settings.

Set the parameters:

Name. Enter business application name that will be displayed in the object navigator.

Identifier. Enter business application identifier. An identifier is a sequence of Latin letters, numbers and underscores and starts with a letter. An identifier must be unique for the given repository.

Create a Database Based on the Existing One. A database is created once on creating a business application. The database is used as a child object of business application to create relational objects. Select the checkbox and select in the drop-down list the database, which connection settings will be used to create a business application database. If the checkbox is deselected, a new database is created with connection parameters that are set in global variables of the repository. Database connection is executed automatically using the credentials specified on repository login.

To quickly select an object, enter object's name/identifier/key in the search box depending on display settings. Search is executed automatically while the searched text is entered into the search string. The list will display the objects, which names/identifiers/keys contain the entered text.

To set up displaying of repository objects in the list, click the

Display Object button and select display option in the drop-down menu:

Name. Objects are displayed with their names. Default option.
Identifier. Objects are displayed with their identifiers.
Key. Objects are displayed with their keys.

Several options can be selected. Identifier and key will be specified in brackets.

To reset selection of the selected database, click the

Clear button.

To save the determined settings, click the Save button.