Creating Work Areas

Application development work occurs in a Work Area.

See also Using the Work Area Properties Screen.

To create a Work Area:

1. Do one of the following:
   1. In the Properties screen for Application Area, click Create Work Area.
   2. In the Application Development page, click the Create Child icon in the row of an Application Area.

The Create Work Area screen appears.

2. Enter values in the following fields:
   1. Name. See Naming Objects
   2. Description. See Creating and Using Object Descriptions.
3. Select the Usage Intent that represents the way you plan to use this Work Area. The options are: Development, Quality Control, and Production.
4. In the Classification section, select the following for the Work Area:
   1. Subtype. Select a subtype according to your company's policies.
   2. Classification Values. See Classifying Objects and Outputs for instructions.
5. Click Apply. The Work Area screen appears.
6. Forward Chain Enabled:
   1. If checked, Programs and other executables in the Application Area can be part of a forward chaining execution process if they are set up for it. This is the default value.
   2. If unchecked, objects in the Application Area cannot be part of a forward chaining process even if they are set up for it.
   To change this setting, click Update, check or uncheck ForwardChain Enabled, and Apply.