Ivy Project View

Here all the projects (including their content) in a given workspace are displayed in a tree view. This is the central component to obtain an overview of the project and to start the specific editors for all Axon Ivy entities.

Axon Ivy Project View with some content

Some of the entries are categorized such as User Dialogs and processes, but in general double-clicking on the leafs opens the corresponding editor.

Filters

Contents within the Axon Ivy Project View can be reduced or enriched with additional context information. The menu button (with the three dots) allows you to adjust project content filters according to your needs.

The most effective way to adjust project contents is to select your role from the menu and navigating to Role specific filters. This will switch multiple filters at once according to your preferred role.

Even so, you can customize the contents even further by clicking on menu (three dots) and navigating to Filters and Customization.

Context menu actions

A popup menu is provided within the tree, with the most important interactions:

• New… - Opens a wizard for creating new Axon Ivy entities such as User Dialogs or processes.

• Refresh - Use this to inform and refresh the project tree whenever the project resources have been changed externally.

• Close Project - Closes open projects. Closed project are still visible in the workspace but you cannot browse their content or execute them.

• Open Project - Opens closed projects.

• Convert Project - Converts a project so that it has the newest format.

• Export |axon-ivy| Archive (.iar) - Starts the Export Wizard to export normal Axon Ivy projects to Axon Ivy Archives.

• Import - Opens the Import Wizard. Very useful to import new projects from the file system or from a source repository such as Subversion or CVS

• Export - Opens the Export Wizard to exchange certain artifacts with other installations.

• Rename - Let you rename your resources (User Dialog, Data Class, Process, etc.) while keeping references to those artifacts intact. This menu item is only shown, if the selected resources are eligible for renaming. If renaming is possible, then the Rename Wizard will be shown, where you can enter a new namespace and/or name for the selected artifact.

  Warning

  Please rename your resources only in Axon Ivy and not in Java or Resource perspectives. Trying to do renaming of Axon Ivy artifacts in other perspectives may result in an unusable project.

• Move - Moves the selected resources to another project. The move wizard will be shown, allowing you to select the project to which the resource(s) should be moved.

  Note

  If Axon Ivy artifacts (such as User Dialogs, Processes or Data Classes) are moved, then the wizard will show an overview of the references (e.g. calls to sub processes) that might be broken by the operation.

• Copy - Copies the selected resource(s) to the clipboard

• Paste - Pastes the content of the clipboard into the selected node.

  Note

  The copy operation is intelligent: it tries to guess the correct location from the contents inside the clipboard, if the selected target node is not suitable for pasting. If there is a conflict upon paste (e.g. because the result would be two resources with the same name) then the Copy Wizard is presented with a new name suggestion, where you may modify the name and/or namespace of the pasted resource(s) before the operation is executed.

• Delete - Removes the selected node from the project. Multiple resources may be deleted at once.

  Note

  If Axon Ivy artifacts (such as Axon Ivy projects, User Dialogs, Processes or Data Classes) should be deleted, then the Delete Wizard opens and shows an overview of the references that might be broken by the operation.

  Tip

  Commit your project in SVN before performing any delete operations.

• Open with - Lets the user choose with which editor the selected entity is opened. It is possible to view a textual representation or a possible external editor for the entity.

• Team - Gives access to the Team functionality offered by CVS or SVN

• Compare with - Compares the current version of the entity with an older version from the local history or (if used) from the source repository.

• Replace with - Replaces the current version of the entity with an older version from the local history or (if used) from the source repository.

• Properties - Useful on the project level to set the Project Preferences of the project