Working with composite applications

Use the application catalog to create, manage, and open composite applications. To work with a composite application, use the actions that are available to you on the application page menu. From the main menu, click Templates; then click the Application Library tab to work with the applications catalog. From an open application, click the page menu to see the application actions that are available to you.

• Working with the applications catalog
  Use the application catalog to create, manage, and open composite applications. The applications catalog is a portlet that serves as a library of applications to which you have access. The applications that are available to you can belong to more than one category. If you are an administrator or an application manager, you can manage application lifecycle.
• Working with instances of composite applications
  Applications that you or other users assemble from a template are displayed in the application catalog. You open an application by clicking its name in the catalog. Each application has one or more pages that contain its components. If you have permission to edit an application, its members, and its pages, you can see the actions that are available to you from the drop-down menu of an application page.
• Application properties
  Use the Properties portlet to view and edit the properties of a composite application. From the drop-down menu of an application page, click Edit Application Properties to display the properties of the application. Then click Edit to change application properties that are editable.
• Application pages
  Use the Application Layout portlet to view, create, and manage pages of an application. From the drop-down menu of an application page, click Edit Application Layout to work with the pages of the application.
• Application roles
  Use the Roles portlet to view and manage the roles for the members of a composite application. From the drop-down menu of an application page, click Manage Application Roles. Use the Members portlet to add users to the membership list of the application and assign them roles. From the drop-down menu of an application page, click Assign Application Members to display the Members portlet.
• Access to applications and components
  Specify user access to composite applications, application pages, and application components by customizing the default membership roles that are initially displayed in the Roles portlet: Administrators and Users.
• Application management
  Manage composite applications by using a variety of features in application template libraries, applications catalogs, and portal administration pages.