You can use the menus on the menu bar to access submenus and to access and run many functions in API Designer quickly. The following table provides you with information about each menu.
Menu | Menu item | Description |
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Connection | ||
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Settings |
Opens the Global settings dialog. You can configure the basic settings for API Designer here. For more information, see Global settings. |
Exit |
Closes the program. | |
Edit | ||
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Set project type |
Opens the Select the project type dialog. Select whether the project should be saved as a database or solution project here. For more information, see Project types and Changing the project type. |
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Import objects into database |
Opens the Import objects into database dialog. From here you can import new and modified objects from your solution project into your One Identity Manager database. For more information, see Importing solution project changes into a database. |
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Change standard project file |
From here you can change the solution project that is to be used here. |
Find and replace |
Opens the Find and replace dialog. You can search through documents using certain terms or strings and replace where necessary here. For more information, see Find and replace. | |
Find next |
Performs the search with the search parameters specified in the Find and replace dialog. The search continues without reopening the dialog. | |
Captions |
Opens the Multilingual captions dialog. You can create and edit multilingual captions here. For more information, see Multilingual captions. | |
Import object |
You can use this menu item to import API projects and API files into the API Designer. For more information, see Importing API projects and Importing API files. | |
Edit database queries |
Opens the Edit database queries dialog. You can add, change, or delete database queries here. For more information, see Managing database queries. | |
View | ||
Tabs |
Opens the Tabs dialog. You can manage open tabs here. For more information, see Managing tabs. | |
Restore standard layout |
Restores the default layout. For more information, see Managing layouts. | |
Restore standard layout (including size) |
Restores the default layout and the default window size. For more information, see Managing layouts.
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Restore saved layout |
Restores the layout that you saved earlier (see Save layout on the menu). For more information, see Managing layouts. | |
Save layout |
After you have customized the layout of the API Designer to suit your needs, you can save it and restore it at any time. For more information, see Managing layouts. | |
Start page |
Opens the start page. For more information, see Start page. | |
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Solution |
Opens the Solution window. The solution can be used to display and manage any objects in the API Designer that can be opened from the navigation menu. For more information, see Managing objects in a project (solution). |
Node editor |
Opens the Node editor view. You can edit a node’s properties here. For more information, see Node editor view. | |
Tasks |
Opens the Tasks view. Compilation errors and warnings can be viewed here. For more information, see Managing compilation errors and warnings (task window). | |
Command List |
Opens the Command list window. You can view the change history of the selected database object here and undo any changes where necessary. For more information, see Displaying the change history (command list). | |
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Compilation |
Opens the Compiling window. You can view the compilation log here. For more information, see Opening the compiling log. |
Bookmarks |
Opens the Bookmarks window. Bookmarks can be managed here. For more information, see Bookmarks. | |
Navigation |
Opens the navigation view. This can be used to manage (create, open, delete) API files, and API projects. You can also access the most recently edited file here. For more information, see Navigation. | |
Help | ||
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Community |
Opens the One Identity forum. |
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Support portal |
Opens the support portal website. |
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Training |
Opens the training website. |
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Online documentation |
Opens One Identity‘s documentation website. |
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Info |
Opens a dialog. Detailed information on the API Designer is available here (system information, version number, information about the software producer, installed modules etc.). |