View Service Design and View Service Design Version

Design Tasks

Design Version Tasks

Concepts

The service design page displays details about a single specific service design. The Overview tab provides a summary view of the design, and the Versions tab provides a summary view of the design versions.

The service design version page displays details about a single specific service design version. The Overview tab provides a preview of the design.

Design Tasks

View Design Overview

View Versions

Create New Version

Edit a Design

Delete a Design

View Design Overview

In the Overview tab of the service design page, the following information about the design is displayed:

Item	Description
Display Name	Design name.
Description	Design description.
Tags	Tags associated with this design.

View Versions

In the Versions tab of the service design page, the following information about each version of the design is displayed:

Item	Description
Version	Design version.
Published label	Appears if the design has been published.
Upgradable label	Appears if the design has been published and can be upgraded to another version.
Description	Design description.
Creation date	Date and time the design was created.

Create New Version

On the service design page, click the gear icon and select Create New Version to create a new version of the design. If Based on Version is set to a published design, the new design can be made upgradable from the selected version. For descriptions of the specific properties, see the topic Design Versions.

Edit a Design

Click the gear icon and select Edit to modify the display name, description, image, or tags of the design. For descriptions of the specific properties, see the topic Add a Service Design.

Delete a Design

Click the gear icon and select Delete to delete the design. A design can only be deleted if no versions of it exist.

When a sequenced design is deleted, all the packages associated with it will be deleted as well.

Design Version Tasks

View Design Version Overview

Edit a Design Version

Publish/Unpublish a Design

Deploy a Design Version

Cancel and Delete a Deployed Design Version

Save As

Create New Version

Export a Version

Delete a Version

The service design versions page displays:

• Design Name and Version in the upper left.
• Upgradable label in the upper right. If visible, the design is available for upgrade to the listed versions in the Upgradable To section of the Overview tab.

View Design Version Overview

In the Overview tab of the service design versions page, the following information about the design version is displayed:

Item	Description
This design is part of an upgrade path and has restricted editability and actions.	This message appears when the design is part of an upgrade path. Certain functions are restricted on a design if it is part of an upgrade path.
Display Name	Design name.
Description	Design description.
Preview	Image of the design hierarchy. Clicking on the image opens a larger image in a separate dialog. Any changes to the design made in the dialog are not saved and do not affect the design as it appears in the sequenced designer.
Version	Design version.
URL	An optional URL that can contain more information about this design.
Published	Indicates if the service design is published (Yes) or not published (No).
Upgradable From	A link to the version of a service design that this design is based on and that can be upgraded to the current design version.
Upgradable To	A link to the version(s) of a service design to which this design can be upgraded.

Edit a Design Version

After saving a version, the following fields can be edited:

• Version
• Description
• URL

Publish/Unpublish a Design

Publish the currently displayed version of the design so it can be used to create a service offering. A published design cannot be modified. However, you can use Save As or Create New Version to create editable designs based on the published design. A published design is upgradable.

The Published status on the Overview tab is No until you click Publish.

After publishing, the Published status on the Overview tab displays Yes and the Published label appears in the upper right of the window. The Published label is also displayed in the Versions tab of the service design page.

You can unpublish the currently displayed version of the design so that service offerings cannot be created from it. If any service offerings have been created from the design or if the design is upgradable, it cannot be unpublished.

 

Deploy a Design Version

You can deploy the currently displayed version of the design.

Note:Before deploying, ensure that the design version contains a component layout. You cannot deploy an empty design version. You can create the component layout using the Designer tab.

To deploy a design version:

1. In the Codar console, click the Designs sidebar menu item and select Sequenced to display the Sequenced page.
2. Click Designer to display the Sequenced Designs page.
3. Select the sequenced design you need to deploy.
4. Select the version of the sequenced design you need to deploy.
5. Click the Deployments tab.
6. Click the Deploy button.
7. In the Deploy a New Instance dialog box, fill in the following fields:

Field	Description
Deployment Name	Name of the deployment.
Description	Description of the design version you are deploying.
Resource Environment Filer	Optionally restrict the provider selection to only those providers located in the selected environment.

8. Click Next.
9. Select a component from the design canvas and optionally modify the property values that will be used during provisioning.
10. Click the Deploy button.

After a sequenced design version has been deployed, an entry is made on the Deployments tab for the design. This tab lists all deployments, their status, date of creation/modification of deployment, and the user who created the deployment.

You can click the deployment instance to view status of the deployment. You can view the following information:

• Overview
• Events
• Topology
• Providers

Cancel and Delete a Deployed Design Version

You can cancel (undeploy) and delete deployed versions of sequenced designs. A deployed design version can be deleted only after canceling the deployment.

To cancel a deployment

1. Select the deployment instance to be canceled.
2. Click the gear icon on the right side and select Cancel Deployment.
3. Click 'Yes' in the confirmation dialog.

To delete a deployment

1. Select the deployment instance to be deleted.
   
   Note: You can delete only those deployments that you own.
   
2. Click the gear icon on the right side and select Delete Deployment.
3. Click 'Yes' in the confirmation dialog.

Save As

Using Save As creates a new initial starting version of a new design:

Create New Version

On the service design page, click the gear icon and select Create New Version to create a new version of the design. If Based on Version is set to a published design, the new design can be made upgradable from the selected version. For descriptions of the specific properties, see the topic Design Versions.

Export a Version

See Import and Export a Service Design.

Delete a Version

You cannot delete a version if it has an offering associated with it. Deleting an upgradable or upgraded design also deletes the upgrade path associated with the design.