Managing Project Dependencies

Projects have dependencies on other projects when entities in one project reference entities in a different project. For example, an application project might reference data elements defined in a common model project.

When a dependency is defined between two projects, and when you build the project that references the entities in a different project, Design Studio Modeling Basics copies the referenced entities into the dependent project's build output.

If you configure a project to reference content in other projects without declaring project dependencies, Design Studio creates an error or a warning, depending on how you configured the diagnostic level. Design Studio filters data that appears in dialog boxes and views based on project dependencies.

To manage project dependencies:

From the Studio Projects view, double-click a Project entity to open the entity in the Project editor.
Click the Dependency tab.
Click Add.

The Project Selection dialog box appears.
Select dependencies to add to the dependency list, and click OK.

To locate a specific project in a list of existing project dependencies, enter a partial or full project name in the search field.
From the project dependencies list, select a project, and do one of the following:
- Select a project and click Move Up or Move Down to change the order of the projects. The order establishes priority when upgrading and deploying projects with dependencies. The lowest project in the dependency hierarchy should appear first.
- Define the Minimum Version and Maximum Version for the selected project. During project upgrades, Design Studio searches for dependencies that fall with the specific range.
- Click Remove to remove the selected from the dependency list.
Click Save.