1. Analytical Application Infrastructure User Guide
  2. System Configuration and Identity Management
  3. System Configuration
  4. Application
  5. Creating a New Application

Creating a New Application

This option allows you (System Administrator) to create a new Application by providing ID, Name, and Description. You need to select the information domain which you want to map to the newly created Application. You also have an option to enable or disable the Application.
Note the following points:
  • At least one Information domain should be present. For more information on creating an Information Domain, see the Creating Information Domain section.
  • Mapping the same information domain to different Applications is allowed.
  • The menu to the new Application will be the complete set of platform framework menus including Enterprise Modeling and Inline Processing Engine menus that work on DATADOM schema. Access to the menus is controlled using the User Group-Role mappings.
To create an Application
  1. Click Administration from the header to display the Administration tools in Tiles menu. Click Create New Application from the Tiles menu to view the Create New Application window, or click the Menu Navigation button to access the Navigation List, and click Create New Application to view the Create New Application window.
  2. Click Add from the Applications toolbar. The Create New Application window is displayed.

    Figure 13-28 Create New Application (add) window


    This illustration shows the Create New Application (add) window, which enables you to add the new application. The window has the Application pane, in the Application pane, specify the Application ID, Application Description, Information Domain, Application Name, Application Pack Name, and Enabled fields to create the new application.

  3. Enter the details as tabulated: The following table describes the fields in the Create New Application (add) window.

    Table 13-17 Fields in the Create New Application (add) window and Descriptions

    Field Description
    Application ID Enter the Application ID.
    Application Name Enter the name of the Application. Maximum of six characters is supported.
    Application Description Enter the description of the Application.
    Application Pack Name This field is automatically populated after you enter the Application ID. The Application pack name will be <Application ID>PACK.
    Information Domain Select the Information Domain which you want to map to the Application from the drop-down list. The information domains to which your user group is mapped are displayed in the list.
    Enabled Select the checkbox to enable the Application for usage.
  4. Click Save.
    The new Application gets created and it appears in the Summary window. A new User Role is created as <APP_CODE>ACC. You need to map this User Role to the required User Groups from the User Group Role Map window. Once the System Authorizer authorizes the User Group- Role Map, the new Application will be listed in the Select Applications drop-down from the Applications tab for the User Group.