In the Designer there are 5 main parts detailled below :
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1/ Connecting zone
This zone is composed by :
The login name is displayed before "connected as"
Full screen button : to reduce the green zone Orchestra on the top of the screen
Logout bouton : to return to the login window and change the current user
2/ Menu and toolbar
Menu
File/Edit : options to save/select/undo/redo
Option
Orchestra connection : change the JMX URL and ObjectName used to connect with Orchestra server (not mandatory to design a process but mandatory to deploy a process)
Show view : Customize the Designer to show/hide window properties or micro-image.
Help : Version of the Orchestra Designer and Copyrights
Toolbar
Create a Folder (just one level of folder)
Create a process into a folder (this name must be unique by folder)
Save current edited process into the server
Save all opened process
Export the current edited process to bpel and wsdl (generate a BAR archive)
Deploy the generated BAR of the current edited process
Cut / Copy / Paste : Not implemented in this version
Zoom in / Zoom out : Not implemented in this version
Undo / redo
3/ Explorer
File explorer (Folder and processes)
BPMN Palette with 3 BPMN elements (to be completed soon)
External Services explorer : with the Add button you can choose from your local files a wsdl file which describe your external service. You can drag&drop this service into process Editor to add a BPMN Pool.
4/Process designer tab
For each BPMN 2.0 process, a diagram editor opens a new tab.
In each diagram editor you can drag and drop BPMN elements from the BPMN palette.
Each BPMN element can be selected. When selected, a contextual menu appears around the element :
On the top, the element can be renamed or removed.
On the left, the type of the BPMN element cna be changed.
On the right, the element can be connected with another element.
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5/Properties
This editor shows the properties of the current selected element.
You can edit value of a writable property.
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