The Application Window

The first time we start the Config Editor (CE), it will prompt us for a workspace directory. The workspace directory is the filesystem location where the projects are stored. We can change this directory later from the File menu.

This dialog will show up every time we start the CE unless we select the check box to make the specified workspace directory the default location.

After this dialog the main workspace window will appear. If this is the first time we start the CE, it will show the welcome screen:

This welcome screen provides a few quick links to common tasks and information sites. The documentation link takes us to the configured product documentation (system property com.ibm.tdi.helpLoc).

The welcome screen can be reopened later by choosing...

Help > Welcome

When the welcome screen is closed we will see the workspace window:

This is the main window where we manage your projects and configurations.

In this picture there is one open editor (for the Default.server document) and a number of views. The most important views are the ones we see in this picture.

The Navigator (upper left) contains all the projects and source files for server configurations and TDI solutions. The navigator can also contain other files and projects such as text files and so forth. The CE will treat TDI projects specifically, so other files and projects remain unaffected by the CE. We will see how in the section about the project builder.

The Servers view (lower left) shows the status for each of the servers that are defined in the "TDI Servers" project. We can have as many servers defined as we like. The view provides a number of functions to operate on servers and their configurations. The refresh button will refresh status for all servers in the view.

The editor area (upper right) is where all editors show up. When we open a document, such as an AssemblyLine configuration, it ends up in this area. This area is split vertically with an area (bottom right) that contains various views to provide other relevant information. Among the most important are the Problems view that shows potential problems with a TDI component, the Error Log that shows errors that occur while developing solutions and finally the Console view that shows the console log for running TDI servers (for example, those that are started by the CE).

Parent topic: The User Interface