Application Explorer screen

Manages your applications, and the parts of your applications, such as processes and eForms.

Figure: Application Explorer screen

Application Explorer screen

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Examples

How to Start

  1. Click Build Apps Build Apps icon.

    Build Apps icon

Fields

Field Name Definition

New New icon

Opens this Screen:

Rename Rename icon

Function:
Changes the application name.

Edit Edit icon

Function:
Changes the selected item.

Delete Delete icon

Function:
Deletes the selected item.

When you delete an application, or application resource in App Builder, its associated data is also deleted from the workflow database.

For more information, refer to What Data Is Deleted When I Delete an App or Application Resource?.

Preview Preview icon

Function:
Shows a preview of an eForm.

Version Version icon

Opens this Screen:
Version History for Process-Based App
Function of this Screen:
Shows all the versions of the specified application.
Example:
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Check Out Check Out icon

Function:
Locks the selected item so users cannot change it.

Check In Check In icon

Function:
Unlocks the selected item so users can change it.

Revert Revert icon

Function:
Deletes all changes made to the application resource file since the last check in.

For more information, refer to What Data Is Deleted When I Delete an App or Application Resource?.

Validate Validate icon

Function:
Makes sure an application operates correctly.
Example:
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Milestone Milestone icon

Opens this Screen:
MileStone screen
Function of this Screen:
Specify a version of the application to set as a milestone
Example:
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Publish Publish icon

Function:
Puts an item on the AgilePoint system.
Example:
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Notify Notify icon

Opens this Screen:
Notify User screen
Function of this Screen:
Specifies the content of a notification to send users, groups, or roles about the application.
Example:
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Import Import icon

Function:
Uploads an application from your local file system to AgilePoint NX.

The file must be in valid AgilePoint XML format.

When you import an application that already exists in AgilePoint NX, it replaces all application resource files in an application that exists and deletes all files which are not available in an application that you import.

For more information, refer to What Data Is Deleted When I Delete an App or Application Resource?.

Export Export icon

Function:
Specifies whether to download the most recently checked in version of an application or a previous version of a published application.

The application saves as .Zip format to your local machine in the folder specified in your browser settings. The exported file contains manifest.xml and related JSON files which give necessary information about the application. You can use this file to import the application from one environment to another.

Limitations:

Clone App Clone App icon

Opens this Screen:
Clone Application Details screen
Function of this Screen:
Creates a new application clone

Permissions Permissions icon

Opens this Screen:
Application Permissions screen
Function of this Screen:
Configures the access rights for an application.
Example:
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Anonymous Access Anonymous Access icon

Opens this Screen:
Form-Based Application with Anonymous Access
To Open this Field:
In the My Applications pane, click your form-based application.
Function of this Screen:
Lets you use form-based app with no authentication credentials.

Copy Link Copy Link icon

Function:
Gets the link for a widget form.

Home Home icon

Function:
Returns to the Application Explorer screen.

Pending Check In Pending Check In icon

Function:
Shows the list of processes that are not checked in.

Refresh Refresh icon

Function:
Updates the information on the screen.

Collapse All Collapse All icon

Function:
Close all folders.

Show All Files Show All Files icon

Function:
Shows all files for the Application Explorer.