Rational Developer for System z, Version 7.5

Creating/Opening a location

Creating a location or opening an existing location is the first task to perform, since a location gives you access to the instances involved in the design of your application. The location concept can then be related to the database concept

To create a location, you must:
  1. Right-click anywhere in the 'Design explorer' view of the 'Design' perspective. and
    1. Select New > Location... in the popup menu.
    2. In the wizard which opens up, you must give a name to your location. Since a location can be compared to a database, a good idea would be to name the location after the database
    As a result, the newly-created location is displayed in your 'Design explorer' view. Clicking on it reveals the entity branches, with no instance. To fill your location with instances, you must:
    • Create new instances directly in the 'Design explorer' view.
    • Import, into the current location, a file containing a set of instances (via the Import choice of the contextual menu of the 'Design explorer' view).
    • Export instances from the 'Pacbase explorer' view ('Pacbase explorer' perspective) to the current project and location.
  2. Or, if the 'Pacbase explorer' view of the 'Pacbase explorer' perspective is available:.
    1. Click on an active connection and select Export > Export to/Cobol/Pacbase in the popup menu.
    2. In the wizard which opens up, you select the instances to be exported and the location they must be exported to.
    As a result, the newly-created location is displayed in your 'Design explorer' view with the selected instances.
Once a location is created, you open it in the 'Design explorer' view of the 'Design' perspective if you right-clicki on it and select Open in the popup menu which opens up.
Related reference
The 'Design explorer' view

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