Setting Basic Properties: Business 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. Select the checkbox and select in the drop-down list the database, which connection settings will be used to create a business application database. The database is used as a child object of business application to create relational objects. 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.

NOTE. A database is created once on creating a business application.

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To save the determined settings, click the Save button.