The Template Definitions window provides four tabs for defining collaboration properties.
IBM recommends that you do not add, modify, or delete a business object to or from the repository using Business Object Designer Express or System Manager after you have bound the business object to a collaboration object running in a production environment. For more information see Defining ports and triggering events (the Ports and Triggering Events tab).
There are several ways to open the Template Definitions window, which displays in the working area of the main window:
The Template Definitions window contains Apply and Discard buttons; these buttons appear at the bottom of the window regardless of which tab is currently displayed. The Apply button commits the changes to the template, but does not save them (you must use the File --> Save command to save all changes). The Discard button lets you revert to the previously saved definition, discarding changes that you have not yet saved.
The diagram editor is a tool within Process Designer Express that enables you to create and edit activity diagrams. This window displays in the working area of the main window when you open an activity diagram. In the diagram editor, you can add nodes, service calls, and transition links to an activity diagram; change the placement of items; add and edit text labels and fonts; and add and change individual component properties.
You can open the diagram editor in several ways:
For more information on how to use the diagram editor, see Creating an activity diagram.
The Template Messages window provides an area in which you can write or edit the template's message file. When you compile the template, the message text is written to the appropriate Integration Component Library project's Template\messages directory within System Manager.
You can open the Template Messages window in several ways: