Settings Designer

Understand the configurations of settings designer

Last published at: January 29th, 2025

The "Settings Designer" UI lets the user define the system and user-defined configuration settings all on one page. Currently, all configurations are stored within the deConfig table. The configuration settings are displayed on a new tab with a tree structure. 

Config settings 

  • Category
    • Item
    • Item
  • Category
    • Item
    • Item
 

 

You must navigate to the Status - Status page. 

 

Select Settings - Settings Designer menu option. 

 

The Settings Designer UI is rendered below. The application settings are arranged in the tree structure as Categories and items. 

 

Click on the branch to view more information. 

 

Create a new category.

Select the Category and right-click to create new items and export as an XML file. 

 

A popup window is displayed for configuration. You must provide the category name, key, value, and display name. Select the checkboxes to enable settings like “Is Required, Is System, Has UI, and Tenant Master”. Click the Save button to confirm.  

 

The new category is created, and a confirmation message is displayed in the top right-end corner. 

 

Select the new category to view the settings as below. 

 

Edit the category and view the Audit Log for changes.

Select the Category and right-click to Edit. 

 

The configuration item is rendered in a popup window for modification.  Click the Save button after changes. 

 

The changes have been updated, and a confirmation message has been displayed in the top right-end corner. 

 

All changes to the configuration items are logged. You must navigate to the Status - Logs - System Log - Audit Log page to view the list as below. 

 

 

Export the category as an XML file.

Select the Category and right-click to export as an XML file. The file is generated and downloaded to the local folder. Using the Import function, this setting may be imported to the target FlowWright environment. 

 

The XML content of the settings is included here for reference. 

 

Import the category as an XML file.

Select the Category and click the Import - XML menu option. 

 

Select the XML file from the local folder and click the Import button.

 

The XML file is imported and included in the category list. A confirmation message is displayed in the top right-end corner. 

 

Remove a category.

Select the Category and right-click to remove the item. 

 

Click OK to confirm. 

 

The category and its settings are removed permanently, and a confirmation message is displayed in the top right-end corner.