Displaying/Editing Application Components Integration Scenario Editor

Use

You have the option of displaying or editing information about an application component.

Prerequisites

An integration scenario is open (integration scenario editor). This contains at least one application component.

To call the Display/Edit Application Component editor, either

· Double click the application component.

· Position the cursor on the application component and choose Display/Edit Application Component from the context menu.

If the application component is assigned an integration process (), you can either open the application component, or open the integration process directly.

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Features

The Display/Edit Application Component editor is structured as follows:

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Frame Application Component Type

This frame shows the application component type (by means of a radio button). This can be a Product Version, Main Instance or Template (see Application Component).

See also:

Modeling Application Components

Furthermore, the following information is also displayed:

· Communication Type

If you want to use the integration process to represent a cross-company process, you can use an application component to represent an external business partner by assigning the application component the type External Partner with B2B Communication (B2B component for short). Application components of this communication type are represented in the graphical integration scenario editor by the icon (in the header of the application component).

When you configure the integration scenario, the communication mode B2B communication is taken into account when generating the collaboration agreements (see Configuring Business-to-Business Scenarios).

An application component with the communication mode External Partner with B2B Communication cannot be assigned an integration process.

· Associated Software Component Versions

The information shown in this area varies according to the type of application component.

¡ In the case of product versions or main instances, the software component versions that are assigned to the product version are displayed.

¡ In the case of templates, the software component version to which the integration scenario is assigned is displayed.

Other information is displayed on the following tab pages:

Tab page Role

The role comprises a technical name and descriptive text.

The technical name must be unique in the integration scenario.

Tab Page Integration Process

If the application component is assigned an integration process (), the name of the integration process is displayed on this tab page.

You can only assign integration processes from the software component version of the application component.

Tab page Other Attributes

The other attributes here are the WSCI Name and an Extended Name. The Extended Name field cannot be used for the application component type Main Instance. In this case, the title of the main instance is displayed as the extended name.