Setting Application Explorer preferences

Field

Description

Select to control which class appears as the root of the Application Explorer tree structure when you select a work pool name:

• Workpool — The class corresponding to the work pool name appears as the root of the tree.
• Pattern Top — The top-level class that is the pattern-inheritance ancestor class of the work pool appears as the root of the tree. In the drop-down list, the class appears in light green text.

For example, if the work pool container class is AlphaCorp-Finance-Mortgage and you set this field to Workpool, the Application Explorer presents the class structure below AlphaCorp-Finance-Mortgage. If you set this field to Pattern Top, the Application Explorer presents the larger class structure below AlphaCorp-, which may include other classes and rules you need to access frequently.

The default is Workpool; this matches the behavior and presentation in V5.2 and earlier.

A larger tree structure requires more workstation resources and may load and operate less quickly.

In the drop-down listing, the Default class appears in light blue text and is marked with an asterisk.

If the work pool class is distinct from the Default class, it appears in light green on the drop-down listing.

Controls which instances appear of rule types (such as Rule-HTML-Property, Rule-Portal, and Rule-PortalSkin) that do not have an Applies To class as the first key part. Select:

• Default Class only — Instances of rules that do not have an Applies To class as a first key part appear in the tree display beneath the class determined by the Default to field or the class in the Show Default class field, if set.
• All Classes — Instances of rules that do not have an Applies To class as a first key part appear at every class level in the tree structure, rather than only at the Default to class.

Select one or more of these 14 checkboxes to control which categories (groups of rule and data types) are visible in the Application Explorer. For example, select the Process checkbox to include flows, tickets, service level rules and other rule types in the Process category.

Each row of the table defines a work pool available in the Application Explorer drop-down list, and determines the default class and the RuleSets for the rules that appear when you select that work pool. Information in this row overrides he values for a specific work pool.

Click to add a blank row to the table.

Click to remove a row from the table.

Optional. Select a work pool; the list reflects those available to you through your access group.

Select a class to appear as the root of the Application Explorer tree when you select the work pool in the For work pool field. The class you select overrides the class in the Default To field, when you switch to this work pool.

Typically, select a work type that matches or belongs to the work pool in the For workpool field, but you can select any class to which you have access.

Optional. Associate one or more RuleSets with this row. When you select the work pool corresponding to this row, the Application Explorer display includes rules from these RuleSets.