Build Coaches

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Build Coaches

When you build Human services you usually include Coaches, which provide the interfaces for end-user interaction. In the first stage of designing a Coach, your goal may be to build a mockup with static elements so that you can visualize what data is needed in the runtime Coach, and where the data should be displayed in the layout. After you have designed the look and feel of the Coach, you need to feed real business data to the Coach controls for your process participants to interact with and to help them make the appropriate decisions. This requires creating bindings between the Coach controls and the data structures (variables) that represent the business data within your Lombardi processes.
To understand how to build Coaches and how to include them in services, you can review the following procedures which include samples of Coaches:

Build a Human service
Build an Ajax service
Build an Integration service

Understand the Coach designer
Add sections to a Coach and controlling the layout
Configure Coach controls
Add documents and reports to Coaches
Customize Coaches
Troubleshooting Coaches

Understand the Coach designer

When creating a Human service that includes one or more Coaches, you can click on the Coaches tab to access the Coach designer. The following image shows the Coach designer and each functional area:

1 Shows all the Coaches in the currently open service. Click one of the Coaches to change or implement the controls it contains. In the preceding example, the first Coach, named Confirm job position, is open and you can see its controls in the Design tab.
2 Shows the design and implementation of the selected Coach in the Design tab. You can click the Preview tab to see how the Coach will appear to end users when the service runs.
3 Use the first three icons to: (1) show the design of the Coach; (2) show both the design and the code of the Coach; (3) show only the code of the Coach, respectively. When you show both the design and the code, the design displays in the top half of the dialog and the code shows in the bottom half. (The final two icons are used for the service itself; to debug or run the entire service.)
4 Lists the sections, controls, and variables that you can include in your Coach. Drag a section or control from the palette to the Design tab to add it to your Coach. To create a control for a variable included in the service, drag a variable from the palette to the Design tab. The type of control created depends upon the variable. For example, an input variable that is a String creates an Input Text field.
5 Shows the properties for the control selected in the Design tab. In the preceding example, the output text field called Requisition number is selected and you can see its properties. Click another option in the properties to configure other aspects of the control such as Presentation and Visibility.

Add sections to a Coach and controlling the layout

Configure Coach controls

Add documents and reports to Coaches

Customize Coaches

Troubleshooting Coaches

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1	Shows all the Coaches in the currently open service. Click one of the Coaches to change or implement the controls it contains. In the preceding example, the first Coach, named Confirm job position, is open and you can see its controls in the Design tab.
2	Shows the design and implementation of the selected Coach in the Design tab. You can click the Preview tab to see how the Coach will appear to end users when the service runs.
3	Use the first three icons to: (1) show the design of the Coach; (2) show both the design and the code of the Coach; (3) show only the code of the Coach, respectively. When you show both the design and the code, the design displays in the top half of the dialog and the code shows in the bottom half. (The final two icons are used for the service itself; to debug or run the entire service.)
4	Lists the sections, controls, and variables that you can include in your Coach. Drag a section or control from the palette to the Design tab to add it to your Coach. To create a control for a variable included in the service, drag a variable from the palette to the Design tab. The type of control created depends upon the variable. For example, an input variable that is a String creates an Input Text field.
5	Shows the properties for the control selected in the Design tab. In the preceding example, the output text field called Requisition number is selected and you can see its properties. Click another option in the properties to configure other aspects of the control such as Presentation and Visibility.