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17-6 Oracle Fusion Middleware Developers Guide for Oracle Data Integrator

17.4.1 Markers

Flags are defined using markers. These markers are organized into groups, and can be applied to most objects in a project or a models. Typical marker groups are: ■ The development cycle development, test, production ■ Priorities low, medium, urgent, critical ■ Progress 10, 20, etc Global and Project Markers Markers are defined in a project or in the Other view Global Markers. The project markers can be used only on objects of the project, and global markers can be used in all models of the repository. Flagging Objects To flag an object with an icon marker: 1. In Designer Navigator, select an object in the Projects or Models accordion.

2. Right-click and select Add Marker, then select the marker group and the marker

you want to set. The marker icon appears in the tree. The marked object also appears under the markers node. You can thus see all objects having a certain marker. If you click in the tree an icon marker belonging to an auto-incremented marker group, you switch the marker to the next one in the marker group, and the icon changes accordingly. To flag an object with string, numeric and date markers:

1. In Designer Navigator, double-click the object in the Projects or Models accordion.

2. In the object editor, select the Markers tab.

3. Click Insert a Marker.

4. In the new line, select the Group and Marker. You may also set the Value.

If the marker has an associated icon, it appears in the tree. Filtering Using Markers Markers can be used for informational purposes for example, to have a global view of a project progress and resources. They can also be used when automating scenario generation by filter the packages. See Section 13.4, Generating a Group of Scenarios for more information. The list of all objects using a certain marker is shown below the markers node. Customizing Markers A new project is created with default markers. It is possible to customize the markers for a specific project as well as the global markers. Note: Markers will not appear if the option Show Markers and Memo Flags is not checked. See Hiding Markers and Memos for more information. Organizing and Documenting your Work 17-7 To define a marker group:

1. In Designer Navigator, click the Markers node in the Project accordion, or the

Global Markers node in the Others accordion.

2. Right-click and select New Marker Group.

3. In the Group Name field, enter the name for the marker group, then define its Display Properties and Attributes.

4. Click Insert a new Marker to create a new marker in the group.

5. Select the marker Icon. If a marker stores date or a number, the icon should be set

to none. 6. Select the marker Name, Type and other options. 7. Repeat operations 4 to 6 to add more markers to the group.

8. Select Save from the File main menu.

17.4.2 Memos

A memo is an unlimited amount of text attached to virtually any object, visible on its Memo tab. When an object has a memo attached, the memo icon appears next to it. To edit an objects memo: 1. Right-click the object.

2. Select Edit Memo.

3. The Object editor opens, and the Memo tab is selected. Hiding Markers and Memos You can temporarily hide all markers and memo flags from the tree views, to improve readability. To hide all markers and memo flags: Deselect the Display Markers and Memo Flags option in the Designer Navigator toolbar menu. This preference is stored on a per-machine basis.

17.5 Handling Concurrent Changes

Several users can work simultaneously in the same Oracle Data Integrator project or model. As they may be all connected to the same repository, the changes they perform are considered as concurrent. Oracle Data Integrator provides two methods for handling these concurrent changes: Concurrent Editing Check and Object Locking . This two methods can be used simultaneously or separately.

17.5.1 Concurrent Editing Check

The user parameter, Check for concurrent editing, can be set to 1 to perform to prevent you from erasing the work performed by another user on the object you try to save. Refer to Appendix B, User Parameters for more information. If this parameter is set to 1, when saving changes to any object, Oracle Data Integrator checks whether other changes have been made to the same object by another user since you opened it. If another user has made changes, the object cannot be saved, and you must cancel your changes.