Provisioning Manager : Configuration Area

Access

To access the Configuration Area, select System Administration from the user menu and then Configuration Area (in the Files section).

Contents

Functionality

A  File Browser or file manager provides a user interface to work with file systems. Some of the most common operations performed on files or groups of files are: create, edit, rename, move, copy, delete, search/find etc. Files are typically displayed in a hierarchy. Some file browsers may even contain features such as forward and back navigational buttons.

Overview

Configuration Area is the physical part of an application that provides User Interface to the files (in particular, Groovy-script files) that provide the project configuration.

There are two sections in the Configuration Area Browser:

• Standard application source files
• Project source files

Standard application source files section is delivered with the application as standard system configuration and is read-only.

Project source files section is a space where you can customize standard files.

To download all the files in the Configuration Area, click the link Download as zip. It downloads a zip file by name configurationArea.zip.

The sections provide information on the various directories, sub-directories and files within them, details such as Name,  Size of each file,  Date the file or folder was created on and various  Operations that can be performed to the file / folder represented by different icons/symbols.  

Files/folders can be selected by clicking the appropriate  box as required.

After selection, click on any of the following icons/symbols required:

• - to search for files/folders.
• - to upload selected files/folders.
• - to create files.
• - to create folders.
• - to copy selected zipped files/folders.
• - to move selected zipped files/folders.
• - to delete selected zipped files/folders.
• - to zip selected zipped files/folders.
• - to unzip selected zipped files/folders.
• - to edit selected files.

Search

Use the icon to search for files and directories in the Area. This opens a pop-up window where if the user knows the name and location of the file/folder, can type in the details and click  Search to initiate search. Search will be performed in current directory and all sub-directories recursively. If file details are not provided, clicking Search will pull up the entire directory listing and selection can be made by clicking on the appropriate folder. Use the Cancel button to cancel the search operation.

Upload File(s)

The process of transferring a file from your file system to the Area via the fiile browser is referred to as Upload. This option allows users to directly add files to the Area. While only one file can be uploaded at a time, there is no restriction on the file type.

To upload a file, click the icon at the bottom of the browser to open an upload dialog box. Enter a name of the file to be uploaded or use  Browse... to select it and then enter the file path and click the  Upload button to upload.

Create File

The process of creating an empty file is defined as Create File. Any file type, such as text file(.txt), doc file(.doc), excel files(.xls), etc. can be created.

Click the icon displayed at the bottom of the browser. A dialog box opens. By default, the current folder is the location of a new file. Alternatively, enter the location details for the file manually. Enter the file name with the desired extension and then click  Create to create a file.

Create Folder

Click the icon, which opens a dialog box. By default, the path is the current folder in the Area. Alternatively, enter the location details for the folder manually. Enter a folder name and then click  Create to create a new folder.

Note that the folder's path must refer to a valid path of the folder starting at the root level of a volume or at the level of the database folder.

Copy File(s)

This function adds copies of data or files (text or pictures) to the location specified while leaving the original data or the file unchanged.

Select the file or folder to be copied, click one of the icons, either in the Operations column of the browser or the one at the bottom of the browser. Provide the new file/folder name with the path name/location and click Copy to initiate copying.

Move File(s)

This function moves files or folders from an existing location to another.

Select the file or folder to be moved, click the icon displayed in the Operations column of the browser or at the bottom of the browser. Specify the new path name/location to which the file/folder is to be moved and click Move.

Delete File(s)

Delete removes data or files from the existing server list.

Select the file or folder to be moved, click the icon in the Operations column of the table or at the bottom of the browser. A confirmation dialog appears, click  Ok to confirm deletion.

Create Zip Archive

Files/folders can be compressed using ZIP. Select the file/folder to be compressed and click the icon. Provide the zip file name and the location where the file/folder should be saved. Click  Zip to zip.

Unzip Archive

Use the unzip function to decompress zipped files/folders. Select the zipped file/folder to be unzipped, click the icon at the bottom of the browser which opens a dialog window. If the file/folder to be unzipped has not been selected, type the name of the Zip file. Click Unzip to unzip the file/folder.

Edit Files

Use the  icon under the Operations column of the file browser table to edit files. However, please note that the e ditor does not work properly with binary files like xls, pdf, jpg and etc. Use the appropriate editor to modify such files.