New: Test Environment

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. Go to Designer Guide > Validation Panel for details.

The new 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. The option Clear Compiler cache is now directly available via an icon in the controls panel. Clearing the Compiler 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. Use this icon to open the additional menu of the controls panel which gives you access to further options (refer to Designer Guide > Controls Panel for details).

Using the Service Preview

Accessing the test service is possible without deployment. Open the service preview via the controls panel and the service start page will open in a new tab:

Deploying the Service

Especially in fusion teams, developers want to make a finished feature or an intermediate state of a service available to other team members for testing while they continue to work on the same service. This is now easily possible in the Designer: Just deploy the version you want to make available to others and continue working on the service independently in the test environment.

The Deployment Controls have been moved to the service details page. Click on the Service panel tab (service name) to open the details page:

Executing the Service

Example: Test Service vs. Deployed Service