Managing applications

After you log in you are redirected to the home page that contains a list of applications. On this page you can perform the following global app management functions:

• Create app - Creates a new application after entering its name in the popup windows.
• Import app - Import an app from a .zip file. You have two options:
  • Import as new application - Creates a new app with the name from the .zip file or the name you entered in New name (optional) field.
  • Import into existing application - You can import into an existing app. This option is useful when you want to keep the id of the existing app but replace its content. WARNING: the content of the existing application will be overwritten with the content of the imported application**.

By right-clicking on an app you can perform various action on the app:

• Edit comment - The comment is displayed in the application list.
• Rename - Enter a new name in the popup window.
• Clone - A new copy of the app is created. Enter the name of the newly created app the popup window.
• Save version - Save the current version of the app. See Application versioning for more details.
• Export - Export the application as .zip file to move to another InfoLink instance.
• Export YAML - Export the application in YAML format to compare applications.
• Delete - Deletes the application after a confirmation.

To open an application, click on its name in the application list. When an application page is open, you can go back to the home page by clicking on the application name in the header.