Create Environment Connection
After the Rules Palette has been downloaded, you need to open the application and create an environment connection. All of the environment connection information will automatically populate once you enter the appropriate user names and passwords. User names and passwords can be obtained from your build manager.
Steps to Create an Environment Connection
- Double-click the Rules Palette short-cut icon you created on your desktop.
- Click the Main Explorer tab.
- Right-click inside the tab and select Create Environment from Web Service.
Rules Palette Right-Click Menu Option for Environment Creation
- The environment creation wizard screen appears.
Step 1 of environment creation wizard
- Enter an Environment Alias. This should be a descriptive name for the environment that will allow you to distinguish between the environments you create.
- Enter the Configuration URL information provided by the build manager.
- Enter the Palette Config Username. This is a username used to log in to the Web Application Utility.
- Enter the Palette Config Password for the username used in the previous step.
- Enter the Palette User provided by the build manager which was created while configuring Palette Config fresh Environment.
- Click Test Configuration Server to test your environment connection. If the connection is successful, click Next and advance to next screen i.e., Confirm Database Credentials wizard. If your connection fails, contact your build manager.
Note: If you receive an error message that says your user name and password are incorrect, check your configuration URL as well. There are instances where errors in these fields also trigger the user name and password error.
- Browse to the location of the jdbc driver files. The location should be in the Rules Palette .zip file in the database driver folder. (SqlServer uses a sqljdbc4-4.0.jar and DB2 uses db2jcc4-*.jar.) You will only need to specify the jar file location the first time you set-up an environment. If you create additional environments, then this Browse field will not display.
- Type the User name and password for the OIPA database. The build manager will send this information to you. This is different from the user name and password you will use to log on to the Rules Palette.
- Type the User name and password for the IVS database (if the environment uses IVS). The build manager will send this information to you. This is different from the user name and password you will use to log on to the Rules Palette.
Step 2 of the Environment Creation Wizard
- Click Test Connection to test your connection. After both database connections are successful, click Finish.