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Workspace Dashboard

The Workspace Dashboard displays a list of all Workspaces that were created and are currently present in the database. From the Workspace Dashboard, you can perform various operations on Workspaces. The following image highlights the main elements of the Workspace Dashboard in Web Tools. A similar Workspace Dashboard is available in Siebel Tools.

Example of the Workspace Dashboard in Web Tools

As shown in this image, the main elements of the Workspace Dashboard are as follows:

  1. Application-Level Toolbar. The items on the application-level toolbar related to Workspaces are:

    • Workspace Name. For example: MAIN.

    • Workspace Version number. For example: MAIN 0.

    • Workspace (or cube) icon. Click to open the Workspace Dashboard (if not already open). Click Close (the X icon) to exit or close the Workspace Dashboard.

  2. Workspace Toolbar. Contains various options to configure and manage Workspaces. The following table describes the options available on the Workspace Toolbar. These options may be active or inactive, depending on the current Workspace user and the selected Workspace.

    Button Description

    Create

    Click this button to create a new Workspace. For more information, see Creating New Workspaces.

    Delete

    Select a Workspace and click this button to delete the selected Workspace. For more information, see Deleting Developer Workspaces.

    Open

    Click this button to open an existing Workspace.

    Validate

    Click this button to validate a single or multiple objects within an object type, or a Workspace. For more information, see Validating Objects.

    Version

    Click this button to create a version for the Workspace.

    Submit

    Click this button to change the status of the Workspace and make it ready for delivering the changes to the parent (MAIN) Workspace. For more information, see Submitting Workspaces for Delivery.

    Rebase

    Click this button to apply the changes that were made in the parent Workspace into the current Workspace. For more information, see Rebasing Workspaces.

    Revert

    Click this button to revert the changes that you made to the current version of that Workspace since the last checkpointed version. For more information, see Reverting to Previous Workspace Versions.

    Inspect

    Click this button to preview and test your changes in the Development Workspace (prior to delivering the changes to the parent Integration Workspace).

    Deliver

    Click this button to deliver the changes in the Workspace to the MAIN Workspace. This button is available only to the user who is also the owner of the MAIN Workspace. For more information, see Delivering Workspaces.

    Note: This option is available only to the user who is also the owner of the MAIN Workspace.

    Rollback

    Click this button to roll back the changes, in a production environment, to the last stable version of the runtime MAIN Workspace. This button is available only to the Admin user.

    Activate

    Click this button to activate a Workspace, in a production environment, to the latest stable version of a runtime MAIN Workspace. This button is available only to the Admin user.

    Close (X icon)

    Click this button to close the current Workspace.

  3. Workspace Explorer. Lists all the available Workspaces in the database and their status. Depending on the Workspace that you select, different context menu options are available in the Workspace Dashboard.

    By default, the latest version of the root Workspace opens and this Workspace is set at the session. Also, the root Workspace MAIN is the only read-only Workspace.

  4. Workspace Version List Applet. Shows a history for each version of the Workspace, including the version number, author, and any comments provided at the time that version was created.

  5. Workspace User Info Form Applet. Shows the following information for the selected Workspace: version number, author, email Id of author, date and time the Workspace was modified, and message (if any).

  6. Workspace Objects Modified List Applet. Lists the root-level objects that were modified in the selected version of the Workspace. This applet displays the object name, object type, and operation type performed on the modified objects.