Creating an Application Area

When you create a new application area, you define all of the application area settings and resources needed to create a new business component.

Note: To create an application area, you must first connect to the Quality Center project in which you want to save the application area. This is the Quality Center project that will be used by Subject Matter Experts to define business components and create business process tests. For more information, see Connecting to Your Quality Center Project.

To create an application area:

Perform. one of the following:

Choose File > New > Application Area.

Click the New button down arrow and choose Application Area.

Tip: If an application area is already open, clicking the New button opens a new application area.

The application area window contains several panes that enable you to specify the settings and resource files that you want business components associated with the application area to use. By associating a component with an application area, the component is automatically linked to these settings and resource files.

You can now specify the application area settings and define its resources. Click the pane name for the option in the table below for more information on the available options in each pane.

After you have defined the settings and resources, you can save the application area. For more information, see Saving an Application Area.

The application area contains the following panes, which you access by clicking the appropriate button in the sidebar:


Pane	Contents
General	Enables you to define the description and specify the associated add-ins for your application area. You can also: Specify the Windows-based applications with which a component associated with the application area can work. Set the browser time-out period. Define recovery scenarios that specify how a component associated with the application area recovers from unexpected events and errors during a run session.
Function Libraries	Enables you to associate function libraries with your application area and to prioritize them. Also enables you to create and modify associated function libraries.
Object Repositories	Enables you to associate shared object repositories with your application area and to prioritize them. Also enables you to create and modify associated object repositories.
Keywords	Enables you to determine which built-in and user-defined keywords (operations) are available to Subject Matter Experts when creating components.