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Re: Enabling tx service in adminGUI?

From: Marina Vatkina <Marina.Vatkina_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:57:52 -0800

I'm not a UI person, and I don't use admin console often, but I find it strange
(and difficult to find for the 1st time) that some options are available by
browsing through the tree and some by looking through the options of a single
item (Application Server).

HTH,
-marina

Ken Paulsen wrote:
>
> Yes that's correct, unless we improve it. ;) We're happy to make things
> better. I just wanted to point out that our new UI design does not
> redesign individual pages (although we can if a page needs it).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
> Marina Vatkina wrote:
>
>> Does it mean that the button to request tx recovery will stay where it
>> is (not obvious to find) or only the next screen where you read the
>> info and press ok will stay the same?
>>
>> thanks,
>> -marina
>>
>> Ken Paulsen wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> FYI, in our proposed UI change, we plan to keep the page structure
>>> intact (in almost all cases). Navigation will be impacted
>>> significantly, though.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>> Marina Vatkina wrote:
>>>
>>>> There is a proposal to replace look and feel of the admin gui
>>>> altogether...
>>>>
>>>> Paul Davies wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Well, as I discovered on TP2 and v3 Prelude, even a simple
>>>>> statement to that effect would be quite useful, especially if
>>>>> backed up by a list of asadmin commands and Administration Console
>>>>> screens that are to be reinstated as a result reinstating this
>>>>> feature.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/17/08 14:14, Marina Vatkina wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> It's nothing new. It's about making v3 equal in this functionality
>>>>>> to v2.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> -marina
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Paul Davies wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Shouldn't this discussion be captured somewhere in a one-pager or
>>>>>>> functional specification
>>>>>>> <http://wiki.glassfish.java.net/Wiki.jsp?page=V3FunctionalSpecs>
>>>>>>> to provide clues to engineering about what to engineer, to
>>>>>>> testing about what to test, and to documentation about what to
>>>>>>> document?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> -Paul
>>>>>>> On 12/17/08 13:49, Marina Vatkina wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There is also a button to recover transactions under Application
>>>>>>>> Server/General that we shouldn't forget about...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>>> -marina
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Marina Vatkina wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Ken,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> To make sure we are on the same page: I know it's not there in
>>>>>>>>> the adminGUI in prelude. I also know that CLI support in
>>>>>>>>> prelude was available only for asadmin set operations.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What I'm asking about is if I need to do anything to have it in
>>>>>>>>> place in adminGUI in V3 final or will the admin team do all the
>>>>>>>>> work? And if it's the latter, is there a due date when I can
>>>>>>>>> expect it to be available?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>>>> -marina
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Ken Paulsen wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Marina,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> For v3 prelude, we did not provide any UI to configure the TX
>>>>>>>>>> Service. I'm not sure if CLI has a way, they might... I cc'd
>>>>>>>>>> the admin_at_gf alias, maybe someone there knows more than me
>>>>>>>>>> (not hard!). ;)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Good luck!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Ken
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Marina Vatkina wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Ken, Anissa,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> What needs to be done to enable it in V3 for the same set of
>>>>>>>>>>> functionality as in V2? It's not there in prelude...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>> -marina
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>