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Designer Studio™ provides development team members of all technical levels the tools and information they need to build or extend existing enterprise applications.
The Designer Studio is available to users who are associated with an access group that identifies the standard portal rule as their current portal.
The following features comprise the Designer Studio:
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Header bar |
The header bar appears at the top and identifies the currently selected application, supports search, enables you to start processes, create new rules and applications, and provides quick access to other information and tools. See:
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Work area |
The work area in the center of Designer Studio displays rule forms, instances lists, wizards, landing pages, Home display, or other tools and forms. You can have multiple items open in the work area. The tab bar appears at the top of the work area. Labels on the tabs identify the contents. Click a tab to display it. The active tab is highlighed. Click x on the tab to close it. If there are many open tabs, click the Currently Open icon You can remove the tabs in the work area by clearing the Include Tabs checkbox in the Designer Studio Navigation area on the operator Preferences pop-up dialog. |
Developer toolbar |
The developer toolbar appears at the bottom and offers advanced developer tools and menus. It also contains a link to the Pega Discovery Network and system information. See Designer Studio — Using the header and developer toolbar. |
Explorer area |
The Explorer area is displayed at the left of the Designer Studio. Click an Explorer icon to display it.
Explorer menu The heading of each Explorer displays a down-arrow icon
All Explorer menus allow you to create rule or data records by clicking +Create. Select a rule type or data class from a list of rule or data type class categories. |
Home display |
The Home display appears by default when you open Designer Studio and contains the following:
See Working with the Home Display. You can open the Home display by clicking
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