Administrator's release notes: Applications & components catalog maintenance

Keep the Applications & components catalog in shape and usable. For more information about the Applications & components catalog, see How to use the Applications & components catalog.

Set XS_COMPONENT_CATALOG_ALLOW_SYSTEM_EDIT to TRUE to be able to edit the Applications & components catalog definition files that are located in the XS_SYSTEM folders.

Check and fix the following:

1. Add the items to groups

Check Ungrouped items and add the items to the appropriate group.

2. Check the logs for errors

The Applications & components catalog shows the message log button in the lower-right corner of the catalog if there are errors or warnings in the catalog definition files, for example.

If there are references to missing plug-ins, go to the referred ComponentCatalog.xml and remove the references manually:

Test thoroughly that these changes do not create any further errors, or change the structure of your Applications & components catalog. Check at least the Ungrouped items and Legacy catalog groups.

As in the example above, there may be errors for:

CatalogPluginComponentItem?CopyModelDirectoryPlugin
CatalogPluginComponentItem?SaveAsModelTemplatePlugin

3. Hide all non-related applications and components from roles

In the Ungrouped items catalog, select the Show hidden items check box at the bottom.
Right-click an application or a component and select Hide / Unhide.

4. Create custom thumbnails

Publish a component in the Applications & components catalog

You may need to use the same component with different settings in different cases. To easily use the component, you can define the settings for each case and publish the component in the catalog. This feature can be useful for some roles.