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Re: Enabling tx service in adminGUI?

From: Ken Paulsen <Ken.Paulsen_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:09:53 -0800

I agree. ;)

Ken

Marina Vatkina wrote:
> 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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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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