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Enabling tool capabilities

Enable capabilities to limit the functions that are available to the user. You can enable and disable tool capabilities in several ways.

IBM Integration Designer supports a range of servers and, runtime deployment environments. Tools are grouped into predefined categories called capabilities according to the target runtime that they support. You use capabilities to filter your development environment, so that you see only the tools that you need. In order to access a tool, its capability must be enabled.

You can change capability settings by using these interfaces:

• The Getting Started page

• The Preferences settings for capabilities

Workspaces

Related concepts:
Business integration capabilities
The runtime environments for IBM Integration Designer

Use the Getting Started page to change capabilities

To enable and disable capabilities:

Procedure

1. From the Help menu, select Getting Started > IBM Integration Designer.

2. In the Getting Started page that opens, the section What environment do you want to use? shows the current capability that is enabled.

3. Click the Change Environment button.

4. In the Environment Capabilities page, select one or more capabilities and click OK.

Use the Preferences page to change capabilities

To enable and disable capabilities:

Procedure

1. From the menu bar, select Window > Preferences.

2. In the Preferences window, expand General to select Capabilities.

3. Click Advanced and expand Integration Designer.

4. Select or clear the check boxes of the listed capabilities to enable or disable them. Click OK. To get some description (in the Description container) for a listed capability, click the capability.

5. Click Apply to update the changes.

6. Click OK to close the Preferences.