The buttons on the Design Studio Workbench toolbar enable you to quickly create projects and entities.
Note:
See "Deploying Cartridge Projects with Optimize Deploy" for information about the Deploy button. See "Importing Projects" for more information about the Import Studio Project button.| Menu Option | Use |
|---|---|
| New Studio Project | Click to create Design Studio projects. When you click this button, the New Studio Project dialog box appears, containing a list of all Design Studio project types that you can create. Clicking the arrow next to the button displays a menu that contains actions to create Design Studio project types. |
| New Studio Entity | Click to create Design Studio entities. When you click this button, the New Studio Entity dialog box appears, containing a list of all Design Studio entities that you can create. Clicking the arrow next to the button displays a list of the most recent entities that you created and a complete list of all Design Studio entities.
See "Selecting Entity Types" for more information. |
| Import Studio Project | Select to import data from external sources into your Design Studio workspaces. See "Importing Projects" for more information. |
| Deploy | Click to perform deploy actions directly from the Design perspective. This enables you to deploy cartridges without needing to switch to the Environment perspective. See "Deploying Cartridge Projects with Optimize Deploy" for more information.
Additionally, you can define packaging preferences here. See "Defining Packaging Preferences" for more information. |
| Guided Assistance | Click to open the Design Studio Guided Assistance dialog box, which provides a range of context-sensitive learning aides mapped to the editor or view in focus. See "Using Guided Assistance" for more information. |
| Design Pattern | Select to apply a design pattern using the Design Pattern wizard. See "Working with Design Patterns" and Design Studio Developer's Guide for more information. |
In some scenarios, you must select an entity type to access the appropriate Design Studio entity creation wizard. You select entity types in the New Studio Entity wizard.
To select an entity type for creation:
In the New Studio Entity wizard, select an entity type in the Entity Type field.
Click Next.
The appropriate entity wizard appears. For example, if you select Process in the Entity Type field, the Process wizard appears.