With PAS 23.1, the development process in the Designer has been optimized: Developers now always work in a test environment where they get constant feedback on their changes and are able to test them directly against the service preview - without having to deploy the service.

Using the Test Environment

The test environment is initialized automatically when you start working on a service. As soon as you make changes in the Designer, the test environment is updated to reflect your changes. In addition, your actions are constantly compiled and validated. Compilation errors are displayed in the validation panel. Check the panel for errors and warnings to resolve any problems that occur in your service. Refer to Validation Panel and Using the Validation for details.

The Controls panel contains options to support you during the development process: Icon Description Use this icon to trigger the validation manually. Use this icon to open the Log Analyzer and access the logs. You have the choice between service and application logs. Application: Access the logs of the Angular server which delivers the application UI. Service: Access the logs of the built xUML service. Tip Refer to Administration Guide > Analyzing Platform Logs for further information about the Log Analyzer. Use this icon to clear the Compiler cache. Clearing the cache is helpful if the validation panel shows errors you cannot solve. Using this option reinitializes the test environment. Use this icon to open a preview of your service for testing. Use this icon to open the additional menu of the controls panel which gives you access to further options (refer to Controls Panel for details).

Using the Service Preview