The Object Management Workbench Form in Software

Printing Code 128 Code Set C in Software The Object Management Workbench Form

In this section we are going to very briefly cover the basics of navigating around the Object Management Workbench application To access this application you can simply type OMW in the Fast Path or go to menu GH902 This will bring you into the Object Management Workbench application, which is shown in Figure 10-3 On this screen you will see several things Let s start with the two tabs on the right-hand side of the screen One is the News/Status tab This tab will show a news page if no project or object is highlighted This HTML page can be customized and display information specific to your company If you highlight an object or project in the left-hand pane of the application, this tab will then show you information on that specific object or project You will also notice some fields in the top-left side of the application These allow you to easily find what you are looking for in the application These fields are User, Role, and Status They allow you to search from projects assigned to a specific user You can also limit the search to projects in which that user is assigned a specific role, and/or you can search for projects in a range of project statuses The buttons in the center of the application will change depending upon the role you are assigned to, specific projects you are working on, and/or the project s status code These buttons allow you to perform specific actions such as checking an object out of or into the system

TIP There is a feature in OMW called the Save Location When this location is set up by the system administrator, it allows users to save objects to the server without checking them in This means that if a development workstation is lost for some reason, the work is not lost The user can also highlight the project and click the Save button, and all Object Librarian type objects in the project will be saved This button looks like a disk The Restore button will restore the objects from the Save Location to the development workstation The authors highly recommend that all developers use this feature

You will also notice that you have the standard Select, Find, Add, Copy, Delete, and Close buttons at the top of the application When you click the Add button, you will be prompted with a screen, shown in Figure 10-4, that allows you to select what type of object you want to add OMW allows you to add all the different object types from one handy, easy-to-use application The Select button allows you to select an object or project This will allow you to see information specific to that object or project OMW gives you the ability to attach documentation to both projects and objects This is very handy in keeping track of changes to the system The Find button allows you to search for projects The Copy button allows you to copy an object or project The Delete button allows you to delete an object or project If you delete a project, the objects in the project are not deleted If a token is attached to the project, it will be released and the project definition is simply deleted If you delete an object, you will be presented with the screen shown in Figure 10-5 This screen allows you to choose whether you are deleting the object from the save location, deleting it locally, deleting it from the path code, and/or marking the object to be deleted from higher path codes when it is promoted