The Precise Application Installer offers a number of predefined application types. These application types appear in the Application Type drop-down menu on the Application Selection screen. All application types that appear in the drop-down menu can have Tiers and data flow connections added to them, according to your application’s specific needs.
Modifications to the predefined application types can only add to, and not remove from, the existing Tiers and data flow connections. To create an application type with less than the predefined Tiers and data flow connections, select the “User Defined” option from the Application Type drop-down menu and click Next to launch the Add Tiers screen.
Using the Add Tiers screen, you can add Tiers to the application, add data flow connections between Tiers, rename the added Tiers, and save the modified application for future use as an application type offered in the Application Selection screen. The configuration procedure below describes the complete flow of all these steps. If you are only performing some of the modifications, follow the relevant steps only, as described.
To modify an existing application type
- On the Applications Selection screen, mark the “Add Tiers to this application”.
- Click Next. The Add Tiers screen appears, featuring a current map of the application.
- To add a Tier, click the New Tier button and select the desired Tier type from the drop-down menu. A Tier of that type appears in the top left corner of the application map.
- To give the Tier a user-defined name, click on the Tier technology name. A box appears around the technology name and it is highlighted in blue.
- Enter the name you wish to call the Tier.
- Press Enter or click outside of the Tier name box.
- Click on the Tier and drag it to the appropriate point on the application map.
- To define data flow between Tiers, click on the Connect button, and then click on the Tier that the data should flow from. A dynamic arrow appears, showing the connection between the selected Tier and the other Tier, according to the location of the mouse.
- Click on the Tier that the data should flow to. The arrow sets, showing the connection between the two selected Tiers and the data flow direction.
- To save the modified application for future use as an application type option, click the Save button. A dialog box appears.
- In the Type Name field, enter a name for the modified application.
- Click OK. The application option is now included in the Application Type drop-down menu on the Applications Selection screen.
- Click Next to continue to the Install Tiers Instances screen.
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