Operations¶
Add¶
- The option to add/create a new component is described in the Instance Setup chapter, for each type:
Edit¶
A component can be edited by clicking the Edit button (1).
The component is opened in the edit mode.
- In the edit mode, the following operations are available:
Clone
Apply
Save
Save and Close
Close
Apply¶
In the edit mode, after a new data input the Apply button (1) must be selected to validate/compile data.
Exit Editing¶
The user can exit the edit mode by clicking on the Close button (1).
If the data is not saved, a pop-up appears and the user can select the Cancel button (2) to return to the edit mode and save the data or select the Leave button (3) to exit without saving.
Save¶
In the Edit Mode, after applying the input data, the user can save the changes by clicking on the Save button (1).
A confirmation message appears (2). The edit mode remains active.
Save and Close¶
When editing a component, after applying the input data, the user can save the changes and exit the edit mode by clicking on the Save and Close button (1).
A confirmation message appears (2). The view mode is active.
Search¶
- The Search option allows the user to filter results by different criteria:
Name
Version
Description
The search is not key sensitive and it works as a partial search, displaying all the results matching with the searched characters.
To search for a component, select the Search button (1) from the upper right corner.
Enter a search term (2).
To cancel the search click on the Close Search button (3).
Sort¶
- The information in the view mode can be sorted ascending or descending for each column:
Group
Name
Version
Description
To sort the information from a column click on the column header (1). An arrow icon will indicate if the components are sorted ascending or descending.
- In the view mode on the right of each component, the following operations are available:
Export
Edit
Delete
Reload¶
This option reloads the components from the repository by selecting the Reload button (1) from the upper right.
Import¶
This option allows the user to add to the scenario a new created or an exported component.
Before importing an exported component, open the JSON file and delete the component id (1) - when importing the database will generate a universally unique identifier (uuid). Also, copy (2) and paste (3) the version in the info section, as shown bellow.
To import, select the Import button (4) from the upper right.
A pop-up window appears. Chose the file (5) and select the Open button (6).
The imported component is now listed (7).
Export¶
The user has the option to export a component to the local machine.
First, click on the Export button (1).
Clone¶
A component can be cloned from the edit mode, by selecting the Clone button. (1).
A pop-up appears, click on the Ok button (2).
The cloned component is visible, in edit mode, requiring to input a valid name (4)
Note
The Clone operation is not available for the Deployment component.
Delete¶
A component can be deleted by clicking the Delete button (1).
Select Delete on the confirmation dialog (2).
The component is deleted.
Bulk Action¶
This operation is available only for the Deployment.
Click on the ellipsis menu button (1) to see the available bulk operations:
Start
Stop
Deploy
Undeploy
To get started, check the boxes for specific Deployment Instances (2) or the box to select all (3). The bulk operations popup appears (4).
For the Deployment Instance there is a defined action order:
Deploy, Start, Stop, Start, Stop…Undeploy
In this example the selected Instances should be deployed (5).
A status popup appears, displaying the following information:
Performed action (6)
The Instances included in the bulk action (7)
The status of the action (8)
Click the Ok button (9) to close the popup.
When the selected Instances (10) are in different states (11), the bulk action (12) will only affect Instances with the compatible state (13).
Note
Protected Instances will not work using bulk actions.