3.1 Creating a Project

After installing Analyzer, you can create a project for inspecting and analyzing application data. There are multiple ways to create a project.

3.1.1 Creating a New Identity Manager Project

  1. Launch Analyzer.

  2. Close the Welcome view to access the Project view.

  3. Click New Identity Manager Project, or select File > New Project from the toolbar.

  4. In the New Identity Manager Project dialog box, specify a name for the new project, then click Finish.

    A project object with the specified name appears in Analyzer’s Project view.

3.1.2 Importing an Existing Project

  1. Launch Analyzer.

  2. Close the Welcome view to access the Project view.

  3. Click File System.

  4. Select whether the .project file is in an archive file or in a directory.

  5. Click Browse, then browse to and select the archive file or the root directory.

  6. Click Finish to import the .project file.

3.1.3 Importing from Additional Sources

When you import files into Analyzer to create a new project, there are different sources for the import. If you are only importing an existing project, follow the procedure in Importing an Existing Project. If the information you are importing is not an existing project, follow this procedure.

  1. Launch Analyzer.

  2. Close the Welcome view to access the Project view.

  3. Select File > Import from the toolbar.

  4. Select an import source, then click Next.

    Each import source displays a different configuration screen. For information on each import source, see Table 3-1

  5. Click Finish to import the source.

There are two main categories for the import sources: general or Designer for Identity Manager.

Figure 3-1 Import Source Categories

Table 3-1 Import Sources Descriptions

Import Sources

Description

Archive File

Imports files that are archived.

  • From archive file: Browse to and select the archived file.

  • Filter Types: Allows you to filter for specific types of files in the archive.

  • Select All: Allows you to select all of the files in the archive to import.

  • Deselect All: Allows you to deselect all of the files in the archive to import.

  • Into folder: Browse to and select the destination location for the archived project. If you have multiple workspaces, you can import this file into multiple locations.

  • Overwrite existing resources without warning: Select this option if you want your current project overwritten without warning.

Breakpoints

Imports predefined breakpoints for your project.

  • From file: Browse to and select the breakpoint file.

  • Automatically update existing breakpoints: Updates existing breakpoints.

  • Automatically create breakpoint working sets: Creates the breakpoints in the working sets of data.

Existing Projects into Workspace

Imports an existing Analyzer project.

  • Select root directory: Browse to and select the root directory of the existing Analyzer project.

  • Select archive file: Browse to and select the Analyzer project that is in an archived file.

  • Projects: If there are multiple projects in a folder or archived file, you can select one or more projects to import.

  • Copy projects into workspace: Select this option to copy the projects into the existing workspace.

File System

Imports an existing project from the file system.

  • From directory: Browse to and select the root directory of the Analyzer project.

  • Filter Types: Allows you to filter for specific types of files in the directory.

  • Select All: Allows you to select all of the files in the directory to import.

  • Deselect All: Allows you to deselect all of the files in the directory to import.

  • Into folder: Browse to and select the destination location for the Analyzer project. If you have multiple workspaces, you can import this file into multiple locations.

  • Overwrite existing resources without warning: Select this option if you want your current project overwritten without warning.

  • Create complete folder structure: Creates the complete folder structure for the project.

  • Create selected folders only: Creates only the selected folders of the project.

Preferences

Imports preferences from another instance of Analyzer.

  • From preference file: Browse to and select the file that contains the preferences.

  • Import all: Imports all preferences contained in the file.

  • Choose specific preferences to import: Allows you to import specific preferences instead of all of the preferences defined in the file.

  • Preferences: Select the desired preferences from the list.

  • Description: A description of the selected preference.

  • Select All: Selects all preferences.

  • Deselect All: Deselects all preferences.

Project (From File System)

Imports a Designer project from the file system.

  • Select root directory: Browse to and select the root directory of the Designer project.

  • Select archive file: Browse to and select the Designer project that is in an archived file.

  • Projects: If there are multiple projects in a folder or archived file, you can select one or more projects to import.

  • Copy projects into workspace: Select this option to copy the projects into the existing workspace.

  • Open projects after import: Select this option to automatically open the Designer project in Analyzer after the import process completes.

Project (From Identity Vault)

Imports a project from an Identity Vault.

  • Project name: Specify the name of the project. It must be a unique name.

  • Use Default: Select this option to use the default location of the Analyzer project. Deselect it to use a different location.

Project (From Version Control)

Imports a project from version control in Designer.

  • Version Control URL or file path: Specify the URL or file path to the project in version control. For example, c:\subversionrepo, http://subversionserver.mycompany.com, or svn://localhost/trunk.

  • Projects: Each valid project is listed in this table. Select the desired project to import into Analyzer.

  • Use default location: Select this option to use the default location of the Analyzer project. Deselect it to use a different location.

Project (From iManager Export File)

Imports a project exported from iManager.

  • Project name: The name of the project imported from the iManager export file.

  • Use Defaults: Select this option to use the default location of the Analyzer project. Deselect it to use a different location.