The Component Type Page

The component type page allows you to list component types, view component type details, and create component types. This page also contains controls for filtering the component type list and selecting sort criteria. You can change the sort criteria for the component type list by clicking on one of the sort arrows in the header area. Click either the ascending or descending arrow selects that column for sorting and the sort order.

Component Types

A user definable text string that names the component object. By default, the components are listed in alphabetical order by component name. You can sort the component type list by its name by clicking on one of the sort arrows in the header area for this column. Click either the ascending or descending arrow selects this column for sorting and the sort order.

Menu Group

The component type menu is divided into several sections or groups. This field identifies which section or group within the pull down menu the component type belongs. Note: Other than the hidden menu group, this field is only used as a sort criteria and does not effect the menu list. Assigning a component type to the hidden menu group overrides the menu order causing the component type not to appear in the menu.

Menu Order

This field controls where in the component type menu a component type name appears. The provisioning software simply sorts the menu list in alpha numerical order based on this field. You can use both number and letters in this field. However, the provisioning software has only used numbers by convention. To help organize the data the provisioning software has also adopted the following numbering convention.

Assigning a component type a menu group of Any WebLogic does not effect where in the menu the component type will appear. However, by following the arbitrary convention set by the provisioning software, assigning a component type that belongs with the menu group of Any WebLogic the 000100-xxxxxx-xxxxxx will put it in the menu in the correct place.

Indent Level

This defines how many units of 2 spaces to the right the menu item will be indented.

Description

An optional user defined text string that describes the component object. This attribute is not used by the provisioning software application but can provide meaningful information to the user.

Defining Component

Displays the component that defines this component type.

Version

Displays the revision number of the component. Each time a component is modified, its version number is incremented.

You can sort the component type list by version number by clicking on one of the sort arrows in the header area for the column. Click either the ascending or descending arrow selects this column for sorting and the sort order.

Action

Links that take you to other component type related pages to either create a new component type, view more information about a specific component type, or edit component types.