Transaction editor dashboard is a visualization tool that
gives a bird view of data-driven development process.
There are two major functions of transaction editor dashboard:
- The dashboard gives a direct way to view and select all tabs of
a transaction like processor, context, operation, data, formatter,
and service.
- You can use the dashboard to launch wizards that helps to create
one transaction element from another related transaction element.
For example, you can derive context from data element. You can click
the derive button to launch these wizards.
- The dashboard displays general information of current project
and current file.
Use dashboard to derive
The dashboard contains
the following deriving route:
- Data Element to Context
- Context to Formatter
- Context to User Interface
Use dashboard to select transaction tabs
You
can select the transaction tabs by clicking the select in
the corresponding blocks in the dashboard. All six tabs: processor,
operation, context, data, format, and service can be selected in this
way.
Use dashboard to handle transaction XML files
General information display in dashboard
The
upper right corner of dashboard displays the general information of
current project. The first line displays the name of current project.
The second line displays the name of current file. The third line
is a link to the folder which contains btt.xml and
you can launch the folder by clicking the link. The fourth link is
the link to the infocenter of BTT and you can launch the infocenter
web site by clicking the link.
Example
The following picture shows the
default look of transaction editor dashboard:
And the related-links
are tasks introducing how to use dash board to derive: