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After logging in you are directly in for the first time, the Explorer Tab of the Scheer PAS Designer opens. The explorer tab is the place where you manage the content of your Designer. Its main purpose is to structure your work

The Explorer structures your work within the Designer. Structuring elements are namespaces, folders, and services (see Main Elements in the Explorer Tree). In the tree of the Explorer, you can find all namespaces Image Added that have been assigned to your user by your administrator. This pages describes how to use the Explorer tree to create new folders and services.

The Explorer Tab

The main elements in the explorer tab are Folders, Projects , Libraries and Models. All of them are grouped in a Namespace.

The explorer tab consists of two areas:

  • Managing Projects
    • The Settings Area

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    The Explorer Tree

    The type of BPMN models, BPMN elements and execution elements inside the search results and settings area.

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    In the tree on the left side of the explorer tab Explorer, you create new folders , projects and models services which are displayed in a hierarchially hierarchically structured page tree.

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    To expand an element in the tree, click on Image Modified.Image Removed

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    If you want to show less content in the tree, use the icon Image Modified to close hide the content of the corresponding element.

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    To open a BPMN model from the explorer tree, use the Image Removed icon.

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    You can also rearrange the content of the explorer tab by dragging and dropping elements.

    Start dragging an element to a new place in the tree. Allowed destinations are highlighted in green.

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    Drag & drop is only possible in within the same namespace. You cannot drag tree elements to another namespace.

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    For detailed information see page Searching in the Designer.

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    At the bottom of the explorer tree, you can find the checkbox Show types.

    If the checkbox is activated, additional information is displayed.

    • The type of BPMN models inside the explorer tree.

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    Main Elements in the Explorer Tree

    In the Explorer tree you can use the following elements to structure your work:

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    		Element IconElement Icon when expandedDescriptionFurther Information
    Namespace

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    All Designer content is stored within a Namespace. Namespaces have to be created and assigned to the user accounts in the Scheer PAS Administration.

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    Folder

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    In Folders you can manage organize your contents, therefore it is possible to create folders on different levels of the tree. You can create folders...

    • ... in to namespaces.
    • ... in within other folders.
    • ... in models.
    Service

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    A Project is equivalent to one executable service. Within a project, you manage the necessary settings for your service such as the used libraries, the BPMN model and the service properties. Each newly created project contains already a folder Libraries and a folder Models.

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    The Libraries folder contains all necessary libraries to model the execution part of the service in the current project.


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    Creating New Elements

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    In the Models folder you can create new BPMN models and additional models folders.

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    Each element is explained in detail on the element pages: Namespaces, Folders and Services.

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    BPMN

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    The BPMN model contains your executable BPMN process. If you open a BPMN model, you will find yourself on the diagram pane and the execution pane.

    Creating New Elements

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    If you want to create a new element, right click on the

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    tree node you want to add an element to

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    From the context menu select Add.

    Choose the option Add ... .

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    If Add is grayed out, you don't have the necessary rights to create a new element to the selected tree node.

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    		Enter a name in the pop-up window and confirm with Save.

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    		The new element is added to the tree.

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    When creating new elements, respect the restrictions for element names.Only folder names have no restrictions.

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    The Settings Area

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    If you click on an element in the tree its settings are displayed in the settings area where you can edit them.

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    The settings of each element are explained in detail on the element pages: Namespaces, Folders, Projects, Libraries and Models.

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    A breadcrump navigation is displayed in the settings area showing the levels of your namespace. Use it to switch to a higher level at any time.

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    You can also resize the areas in the explorer window by drawing the frame in the middle.

    Further Functionalities of the Explorer

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    For detailed information see page Searching in the Designer.

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    		The node in the Explorer tree is Recent Services. Below this node, for quick access, the last ten services are listed you have recently worked on.

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    You can resize the Explorer sidebar by dragging it's right border.

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