Project Type List

You can work with project types on the Projects tab of ELMA Designer (fig. 1). On this tab, the left panel displays the list of all the available project types and project type groups.

Fig.1 ELMA Designer. "Projects" tab

Project types in the list have the

icon. You can group project types, they will be marked with

. Working with the project types tree is similar to working with the system objects tree. To learn more about the tree folders, see the respective Help section.

The project type list displays the following information:

Name – project type name;
Author – user, who created the project type; this value does not change, even if the project type has been modified by another user;
Date created – date and time, date and time, when the project was added to the system;
Date modified – date and time, when the project was edited;
Date published – date and time, when the current version of the project type was published.

Toolbar and context menu of the project list

To manage project types and project type groups, you can use the toolbar at the top of the Designer, and the context menu, which appears when you click the right mouse button in the window.

Fig. 2. Top toolbar and context menu

Actions with the project types

Context Menu Items	Toolbar Buttons	Description
		Create a new project types folder.
		Rename the selected project types folder.
		Delete a project types folder. You can delete only an empty folder.
		Create a project type.
		Edit the selected project type. This button and context menu item are not available, if no project type is selected.
		Delete the selected project type. ELMA BPM Platform does not allow deleting project types completely, since it may disrupt the system logic. When you delete a project type, it is moved to the Recycle Bin and you cannot create a project of this type in the web application. This button and context menu item are not available if no project type is selected.
		Restore a deleted project type. All the deleted project types are displayed in the Recycle Bin of the Projects tab. You can restore project types from the bin. Project types are restored to the root folder.
		Move the selected project type and/or project type folder to another folder. To learn more, see the respective Help section.