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Organizing projects using integration solutions

An integration solution is a non-deployable project that is solely used to reference other projects in the workspace, such as modules, mediation modules, libraries, component test projects, Java projects, and simple projects. Integration solutions help you organize groups of related projects and more easily perform common actions on the projects, such as sharing them in a team environment. When you create a new integration solution, an integration solution diagram is automatically generated. You can open the integration solution diagram in the integration solution editor and view the relationships between the related projects that are referenced in the integration solution.

The following topics describe the key concepts and tasks in using integration solutions to organize projects:

• Integration solution editor
  When you create a new integration solution, an integration solution diagram is automatically generated. The integration solution editor enables you to open the integration solution diagram and view the relationships between the related projects that are referenced in the integration solution.
• Create integration solutions
  Using the New Integration Solution wizard, you can create a new integration solution to organize your projects.
• Opening integration solution diagrams
  When you create an integration solution, an integration solution diagram is automatically added that you can open in the integration solution editor.
• Adding project references to integration solutions
  In either the Business Integration view or the integration solution editor, you can add project references to an integration solution, such as module, mediation module, library, or component test project references.
• Remove project references from integration solutions
  In either the Business Integration view or the integration solution editor, you can remove project references from an integration solution, such as module, mediation module, library, or component test project references.
• Work with integration solutions in the Business Integration view
  In the Business Integration view, there are a number of tools that you can use to more easily manage your integration solutions.

  For example, if you have a lot of integration solutions, you can choose to focus one and hide the rest.

• Editing integration solutions in the integration solution editor
  When you create an integration solution, an integration solution diagram is also automatically created. You can open the integration solution diagram in the integration solution editor and perform numerous tasks, such as displaying transaction paths between components or launching project or resource editors to view or edit projects and resources.
• Testing integration solutions
  Using the integration test client, you can test one or more projects that are referenced by your integration solution, such as modules, mediation modules, and component test projects.

Related concepts:
Business services: Top-down development
Business integration projects

Related tasks:
Create new projects
Use a Java project with a module

Related information:
Create a new project
Developing an application from a model