This procedure describes how to setup a new Business Setting, assigning
it a type, ID, name, description, and range.
You need to ensure the WebSphere Integration Developer (WID) is
started.
Setting up a Business Setting enables you to construct policies and
view them in your Business Space.
To setup a new Business Space
- Open the Business Service perspective.
- In the Business Service Explorer, right-click on your Fabric project
and expand it. The Business Variable element appears in the Fabric project
tree.
- Right-click on the Business Variable element.
- Select the New context menu item.
- Select the Business Variable menu item. The first page Business
Variable Creation Wizard displays.
- Enter the data listed below in the first page of the Business Space
Creation Wizard.
- The Project field enables you to select the project the new business variable
will be associated with.
- The Name field enables you to enter a name for the new business variable.
- The Namespace field enables you to select the Fabric namespace the new
variable will be associated with.
- The Category field enables you to group business variables by their own
categories.
- The Field Name field enables you to enter a name for this business variable.
- The Type field enables you to select a metadata type for the business
variable. The following options are available:
- Float - Selecting Float prompts the wizard to display the Business
Variable Definition page of the wizard. The following values are available:
- Minimum Value - Sets the lowest possible value of the business variable.
- Maximum Value - Sets the highest possible value of the business variable.
- Precision - Sets the maximum number of decimals accepted for this business
variable.
- Current Value - Sets the value of the business variable.
- Integer - Selecting Integer prompts the wizard to display the Business
Variable Definition page of the wizard. The following values are available:
- Minimum Value - Sets the lowest possible value of the business variable.
- Maximum Value - Sets the highest possible value of the business variable.
- Precision - Sets the maximum number of decimals accepted for this business
variable.
- Current Value - Sets the value of the business variable.
- String - Selecting String prompts the wizard to display the screen
shown in step 7 below. Enter data as defined in step 8.
- Single Select Enumeration - Selecting Single Select Enumeration prompts
the wizard to display the Single Select Enumeration Variable Creation page
of the wizard. The following options are available:
- Enumeration - Selects an existing Fabric enumeration type.
- Current Value - Selects a value from the list of available values for
the currently selected Enumeration. The first item in the list is selected
by default.
- Permissions - Set permissions as defined in step 8 below.
- Multi Select Enumeration - Selecting Multi Select Enumeration prompts
the wizard to display the Multi Select Enumeration Variable Creation page
of the wizard. The following values are available:
- Enumeration - Selects an existing Fabric enumeration type.
- Current Value - Selects a value from the list of available values for
the currently selected Enumeration. The first item in the list is selected
by default.
- Permissions - Set permissions as defined in step 8 below.
- Click Next. The second page Business Variable Creation Wizard
displays.
- Enter the data listed below in the second page of the Business
Space Creation Wizard.
- The Current Value combo box enables you to set the value of the business
variable (either True or False).
- The Permissions combo box determines how you use the business variable
through the REST API. The following options are available:
- User can edit this variable: Indicates the business variable is
available and it's value can be changed using the REST API.
- User can only view this variable: Indicates the business variable
is available and it's value can only be read using the REST API.
- User cannot see this variable: Indicates the business variable
not is available using the REST API.
- Click Finish.
The new Business Setting is created and is now visible in the Fabric
project tree.