Creating a toolkit dependency in the Designer view

When you create a dependency on a toolkit, you can use the library items from that toolkit for the implementation of the process steps you are building in your current project. For example, after you create a dependency on a toolkit that includes several services, the Designer view automatically makes those services available when a developer is choosing the implementation for an activity.

About this task

To create a dependency on a toolkit, one or more snapshots of that toolkit must exist. If not, the library items within the toolkit are not available for reuse.

Procedure

To create a dependency on a toolkit:

Make sure the process application or toolkit for which you are creating a toolkit dependency is open in the Designer view. If tracks are enabled, the track name is displayed in parentheses after the process application or toolkit.
Click the plus sign next to Toolkits in the library.
From the Add Dependency window, click to select the snapshot of the toolkit that you want. Choose the snapshot that includes the version of the library items that you need to reuse in your current project.

Results

When you expand the Toolkits entry in the library, you see the toolkit snapshot that you added. You can click to expand the toolkit to see the library items within it.

Restriction: You will not see the snapshot listed in the Change Dependency box, and you will also not see the yellow warning marker if:

You have read permissions on for a toolkit.
The toolkit snapshot has not been released.

Double-clicking an item category, such as Processes, shows the processes included. The library items that you see are automatically made available for reuse throughout your current project.