Main menu in the Processes module
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Process
File
Connect portal service
This menu item opens the dialog to log in to a portal.
Disconnect portal service
This menu item will log off an opened portal. You will be notified of unsaved changes with a message.
New process
Selecting this menu item will create a new process.
Open process
With this menu item, the existing processes will be listed in the Process Manager and can be opened for editing.
Open process as copy
Creates a copy of the current process and opens it on the workspace.
Close process
Closes a process.
Close all processes
Closes all currently opened processes.
Import / Export process
All information on this topic can be found
here.
Publish process
Publishes the currently opened process to the server.
Save process locally
With this menu item, a process that is visible on the workspace can be saved with the current changes to a local or network directory of your choice with the ending
.ixpr.
Delete process
This menu item opens the Process Manager. Already opened processes can be deleted there.
Export as graphic
This menu item allows a process to be exported as an image file.
Edit
Copy GUID
Copies the
GUID of the currently selected process element to the clipboard.
Copy
Copies the currently highlighted element on the workspace to the clipboard.
Paste
Inserts the contents of the clipboard to the workspace. Select the context menu item
Paste when the contents of the clipboard should be inserted into a specific location on the workspace.
If Groovy elements are pasted from the clipboard, one may choose to either create a copy of the original script file or a reference to the original script. When inserting a Groovy script element, the following query will be output.
Confirm with
Yes if you wish to create a copy of the original script. Select
No to only create a reference to the original script.
Delete element
Deletes the currently highlighted element.
Delete element with connections
Deletes the currently selected element and all of its connections to other elements.
Edit script
Opens the Groovy script editor if a Groovy script element is highlighted. The relevant script will be loaded automatically.
Edit connection ID
Opens a dialog to edit the connection ID for
Groovy script conditions and
generic conditions.
Copy / Apply size
Clicking on
Copy size will copy the the size of an element, if it selected in the work space.
Click on
Apply size to apply the size, which was copied in the previous step, to the currently selected element.
Create background box from selection
Visually groups the selected elements together with a colored background.
Activate element
Activates the currently highlighted element.
Deactivate element
Deactivates the currently highlighted element. All functions of the element will therefore no longer be run in the process. Deactivated elements will be displayed on the workspace grayed out. Following actions will no longer be executed.
Activate all selected elements
Activates all elements that are highlighted on the workspace.
Deactivate all selected elements
Deactivates all elements that are highlighted on the workspace.
Select this and all following elements
Highlights the currently selected element and all following elements that follow it in the process chain.
Select all elements
Highlights every element which is currently on the workspace.
Display links
With this function, all of an element's links with other elements will be shown in the
Search window.
This menu point is available when a Groovy scrip element is selected. This allows you to check whether the script file specified there is used in other Groovy elements.
Show in element overview
Selects the element in the
process overview area.
Create Snapshot
Creates a
snapshot.
Properties
Opens the
properties dialog of the currently selected element.
Details
Opens the details dialog with additional information regarding the currently selected element.
View menu
In this menu, the individual areas of the module can be shown or hidden. An area that is shown will be shown in its own window depending on space, which you can move wherever you wish via drag & drop.
If you want to anchor the area as a fixed tab in the module, drag the window with the mouse on the title of the area (here you see
Snapshots for example) do not drag the title bar of the window - to the desired position.
Global Views
Via this menu item, views of the
Session activity, the
Database activity and the
Memory usage will be displayed in the lower area of the Portal Manager.
Restore default view
Restore default view will arrange all areas according to the original view mode.
Process
Activate / Deactivate
Activates or deactivates the complete process. If a process is deactivated, a link will be shown under the title. Clicking on this link will activate the process again. Optionally activating the process can be triggered immediately or after saving the process.
Import / export texts
With this menu item, all descriptions or titles of elements in an application will be exported in the formats
CSV, XLS or
XML. The function can be used in the translation of applications into other languages.
Analyze Logfile
The activities of processes will be documented with date, process title, the event type end the name of the element in a log file.
Properties
Opens the
properties dialog of the process. The properties can also be reached via the context menu, or by double clicking on the process title at the head of the workspace.