In the process editor you organize the steps in a process,
specify their properties, and connect them to each other.
Procedure
- Open the process in the process editor.
- To open a component process, click Components,
click the component, click the Processes tab
for the component, and click the process.
- To open an application process, click Applications,
click the Processes tab for the application,
and click the process.
- To open a generic process, click Processes and
click the process.
The process editor opens. The editor is similar for each
type of process, but the list of available steps is different for
each type of process.When
the Process Design pane opens, the Design view
is displayed. Processes are assembled with the Design view.
Available steps are listed at the left of the window. IBM® UrbanCode™ Deploy provides
several utility steps and plug-ins. More plug-ins and documentations
for those plug-ins are available on IBM developerWorks®: UrbanCode Deploy Plug-ins.
In addition
to the process editor, the following two pages provide information
about the process:
- The Configuration page shows the properties
and settings for the process.
- The Changes page shows a record of every
change to the process, addition or deletion of a property, and save
or deletion of the process.
- To add a step:
- In the list of steps at the left of the window, click
and hold down the mouse on the step that you want to use, and drag
it onto the design space.
- Release the mouse over the design space. The Edit
Properties window is displayed. Because connections are
created after you configure the step properties, you can place the
step anywhere on the design space. Steps can be dragged and positioned
at any time. Configuration dialogs
are tailored to the selected step. Only parameters that are associated
with the step type are displayed.
- Specify the properties for the step. Each
step has different properties. See Plug-ins for information about configuring specific steps.
- Optional: To add or change the post-processing
script, select a script in the Post Processing Script list. For more information, see Post-processing scripts.
- After you configure the step properties, save the step
by clicking Save.
The step is in the design space and ready to be connected
to other steps. If you change your mind, click Cancel to
remove the step from the design space. You can add connections immediately
after you place a step, or you can place several steps before you
define connections.
- Connect the step to the process flow: Connections
control the process flow. The originating step runs before the target
step. Creating a connection between steps is a simple process: you
drag a connection from the originating step to the target step. Connections
are formed one at a time between two steps, the originating step and
the target step.
- Hover the cursor over the step that you want to use
as the origin of the connection. The connection tool
is displayed.
- Drag the connection tool over the target step. The step beneath the connection tool is highlighted.
- Release the connection tool over the target step to
complete the connection.
Each connection has a connection
delete tool, conditional flag, and might have other tools
depending on the originating step. Remove a connection by clicking
the delete tool.
- Add more steps to the process, connect them, and arrange
them in the process editor. You can click and drag steps
to move them around the process. In this way, you can arrange the
steps in a meaningful arrangement on the process editor canvas.
Tip: To move more than one step at a time, hold the Ctrl or
Command key and click two or more steps to select them. Then, you
can drag the steps to a different place in the editor.
- Verify that the flow of steps is correct. Each process starts with the Start step and continues until it reaches the Finish
step. Therefore, the Start step must connect to the first step or steps to run. Similarly,
the last steps must connect to the Finish step, or else the process does not complete
correctly.
- When you are finished with your work on the process, click Save . If
comments are required, the Process Change Comment window
opens. Type a comment and then click Save.
The system settings control whether comments are required. To learn
more about system settings, see Server system settings.