Object Browser - Environment

This content applies to legacy design tools (such as K2 Studio, K2 for Visual Studio, or the Silverlight-based K2 workflow design tool). If you have upgraded from K2 blackpearl 4.7 to K2 Five, these tools may still be available in your environment. These legacy tools may not be available in new installations of K2 Five. These legacy tools may also not be available, supported, or behave as described, in future updates or versions of K2. Please see the legacy component support policy for more information about support for these components.

The Environment browser allows you to access all of the services and servers that make up a particular K2 environment, and shows the various environments that have been configured by a K2 administrator.

The servers and services that make up the K2 platform include the category server, mail servers, SharePoint servers, SmartObject servers, and workflow servers.

At installation, environments called Development and Production are created and made available for design time requirements. You can toggle between environments by clicking the down arrow in the upper right corner of the environment.

Server What it is How to use it
Presents the category server details Select the category server
Presents the mail server details Select the mail server
Presents SharePoint sites from the configured SharePoint server. The default site can be selected here Select the SharePoint site from the desired location or add a new Site
Presents SmartObjects from the SmartObject server and from the local environment (those which are part of an open project). Each SmartObject node contain SmartObject scalar and list methods. Select the SmartObject from the desired location

OR

Select the required SmartObject method

Presents the workflow management server details Select the workflow management server
Presents the workflow server details Select the workflow server
Presents the workflow web services details Select the workflow web service

Clicking on the drop down arrow will display the following options:

Drop Down What it is How to use it
Environments Displays a list of configured environments

The label for this option alternates depending on the environment selected.

The Environment is configured to develop against one of two default environments which are Production and Development.

Click on the drop down arrow and select Environments, then select the Environment to load into the object Browser
Refresh Selecting Refresh refreshes the link between the local cached version of the environment and what's on the server Click on the down arrow and select Refresh
Add New Field... Select this option to register a New server or service with the Environment Browser Click on the down arrow and select Add New Field
Change Server... Opens the Change Environment Server Connection dialog, allowing a different Environment Server to be loaded and also allows you to change the connection Click on the down arrow and select Change Server...

 

For in-depth technical information on environments see The K2 blackpearl Environment Library