Administration of the Design Time Repository 

This section provides information about the tasks that are necessary to administer the Design Time Repository (DTR) server. The DTR provides a special structure for the development in which the development objects are administered. This structure consists of:

●      Workspace folders

●      Workspaces

●      Folders

●      Activities to manage the individual versions of the development objects

The following topics are discussed:

●      Setting Up DTR Server – how to initially set up the DTR after installing usage type Development Infrastructure (NWDI).

●      User Authentication and Authorization in the DTR – how to set up user management for DTR. Here you will also find information about setting up DTR clients in the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio which the developers will need to connect to DTR.

●      Replicating a Track into a Different DTR Repository – how to create a copy of a track from one DTR repository to another without stopping the entire development process in your company.

●      Deleting Open Activities in the DTR Web UI – how to delete activities if they cannot be found any longer - for example if a developer PC crashed - there is a function in the DTR Web UI to delete such a DC (administrator permissions are required).

Tools

You can use the following tools to administrate the DTR server. The tasks you can actually perform with each of them is described in the topics linked below.

●      Web browser

Since the DTR server application implements the DeltaV protocol, which is an extension of HTTP and WebDAV, it is possible to access the most important data stored in DTR using a Web browser. More information: Design Time Repository Web UI.

●      DTR Clients

○       DTR Command Line Tool – the command line tool provided with the installation of the Developer Studio. Can be used both by developers and system administrators to maintain your DTR server.

○       Design Time Repository Perspective – this is the DTR client perspective in the Developer Studio. It is intended for use by developers to consolidate their software development. For more information about setting up the developer’s environment for working with the DTR, see Managing DTR Clients.

○       DTR Administrator plug-in - an enhancement of the DTR client for the Developer Studio. It provides a number of functionalities that regular developers do not usually need. See Using the DTR Administrator Plug-In.

○       DTR Command Line Tool – the command line tool provided with the NWDI installation. It provides additional and different sets of options that you can use to manage the DTR server environment, including replication of one DTR repository to another DTR repository.