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Systemwalker Runbook Automation Studio User's Guide
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3.1.14 Downloading Workflow Application Projects from a Server

You can download Workflow Application projects packaged into .bar files from a Management Server to your local workspace. A wizard walks you through the downloading procedure.

To download a Workflow Application project from a server:

  1. In the Navigator view, right-click the project name. Select Download Application from Server from the pop-up menu.

    The Downloading Application dialog is displayed. It automatically shows the last active server connection:

    Figure 3.15 Displaying the Downloading application dialog

  2. If you want to use an available server connection, select a server from the Server Connection drop-down list and proceed with Step 5.

  3. If you want to edit one of the server connections or specify a new server:

    1. In the Downloading Application dialog, click Browse Connection.

      The Select Server Connection dialog is displayed. The available server connections are listed in alphabetical order. By default, the first server on the list is always highlighted. If you have not yet specified any server connection, the server connection field is empty. In the following example, only one server connection is available.

      Figure 3.16 Displaying server connections

    2. In the Select Server Connection dialog, click New.
      The Server Connection Setting dialog is displayed.

    3. In this dialog:

      1. Specify parameters for the new server connection. Refer to "2.4.1 Server Connection Settings" in Chapter 2, "Basic Information and Customization for the User Interface" for details about the required server parameters.

      2. Optional: Select the Save Password checkbox if you do not want to enter it again the next time you log into the Management Server.

    4. Click OK to confirm the server settings.

      The new server connection is added to the server connections list. In the following example, the Management Server has been specified:

      Figure 3.17 Displaying new server connection

    5. In the Select Server Connection dialog, click OK to confirm your server choice.

      The Downloading Application dialog displays the selected server connection (Management Server, in the example):

      Figure 3.18 Displaying the new server connection

  4. In the Downloading Application dialog, click the Get List tab.

    All projects using the specified server connection are displayed in the empty space beneath the tab. In the example, three projects are displayed.

    Figure 3.19 Displaying Workflow Application projects

  5. Select the project you want to download from the server, and click Next.
    The Downloading Application dialog is displayed. It shows all components of the selected project.

    You can use the check boxes to select or deselect components to be downloaded. You can also select or deselect all project components at once, using the Select All and Deselect All tabs.

    Use the Import as drop-down list to select a name for the project that you want to download. The default name is the name of the project in your workspace. Change this name to avoid any name conflicts. The following example shows how to select project components to be downloaded:

    Note

    The Download as list contains the names of all available projects. However, it does not contain any file paths.

  6. Select project components to be downloaded, and click Next.
    The Project dialog is displayed. Here you can enter additional information about the project.

  7. Type in a project description. The setting for project owner is not required.

    Note

    Providing additional project information is optional. You can leave out this step and immediately finish the download process.

  8. Click Finish to download the project from the specified server.

    While the application is being downloaded, a temporary project is listed in the Navigator view. You can identify this temporary project by its name starting with two tildes and the name you entered for the application project, e.g. ~~MyApp. As soon as the download is finished, the temporary application project is deleted and the downloaded project is listed in the Navigator view.

    Note

    When a workflow application project is downloaded from a server using Systemwalker Runbook Automation Studio, if multiple version exist in Process Definitions for download, the Process Definition will be determined by the following rules.

    • The state for download will be published and draft.

    • If there is published state one, it will be for download.

    • If there is not Process definition of published state, The process definition which the biggest number of draft state is intended Process Definition.

    Draft Process Definition that are part of the application, only user can download it.

    Except user can download Published Process Definition.