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Explore the solution

Sometimes you need to get a bird’s eye view of your application to see all it pieces and how they fit together. The Solution Diagram editor can help with this.

To explore your solution:

  1. Go to the Business Integration view, and if necessary expand the integration solution HelloWorldPart2 as shown here:
    Solution view

    Double-click the Solution Diagram to open it, as shown here:

    Solution diagram

    Note: What you are seeing here are all three modules inside this integration solution. For each module, on the left edge you see the exports and on the right the imports. Only non-SCA imports and exports show a wire to the edge of the solution itself, as SCA imports and exports are only designed for communication between modules. Wires between modules show when one module invokes another via an SCA binding.

  2. To see your library projects too, click the second button in the local toolbar:
    Hide or show libraries toggle
    You will now see the HelloWorldLibrary with wires to the modules that use it:
    Solution diagram showing library
    You can also see the contents within a module. The little box in the upper right corner of a module is a toggle to enable showing the contents. Click that little box for the HelloWorldProcess module to see its contents:
    Solution diagram showing module details
    There is other functionality in the toolbar and the right-click context menus you can explore on your own. For example, you can open the Assembly Diagram for a module, add sticky notes for comments, and set a module’s background color.
  3. Close the Solution Diagram. If prompted to save your settings, click No.
Now that you have some familiarity with the solution, next you will test it.





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