Inspecting Applications

After you register an application you can inspect it and edit settings.

From Applications, scroll to your application, click, click Inspect, and then select from the options on these tabs:

• General: Review the following general application information, or click Edit to change it:

  • Summary:
    • Name
    • Description
    • Status: Draft, Active, or Archived. See Archiving, Unarchiving, and Deleting Applications.

      Note:

      If an application is in Draft status, you cannot make changes to the status in the inspector. After you register the application, the status will change from Draft to Active.

    • Application Type (cannot be changed)
    • Default View (cannot be changed)
  • Blockout Period: Enable or disable a blockout period for an application. See Configuring Blockout Periods
  • External System Type (Universal application types only): Click the drop down menu to select the type of external system for your Universal application.
  • Requests: Select Disable Workflow to have requests made in the application bypass all active workflow policies. See Disabling Workflow for Applications.
  • History: Displays username and date information for when the application was created and last modified.

• Dimensions: Click a dimension, then change bindings or mapping keys, see Inspecting Dimensions.

  Note:

  By default, archived dimensions are not displayed. To display archived dimensions, click , and then select Show Archived. You can select this option again to display active dimensions only.

• Extract Packages: Create and edit extract packages for the applications. See Working with Extract Packages.

• Connection: Edit the external application connection settings. Whether you make changes or not, you can test the connection to determine if it is correctly configured. (Not available for Universal or Users applications)

  Note:

  The Connection tab is available only if your application type supports connections and you have at least Data Manager or Metadata Manager permission on the application.

• Registration: View the registration settings. (Not available for Users applications)

  Note:

  To edit the registration settings: from Applications, scroll to your application, click, and then click Modify.
• Permissions: Change the application security permissions, see Assigning Application Permissions.
• Policies: Configure an approval policy for the application, see Configuring Policies.