Sites

In a solution, sites (see Basic Terms and Concepts) can be used to separate the system landscape by different locations. They are maintained in the solution administration on the System Landscape tab, as soon as the solution is site enabled.

In this chapter you learn how the site handling can be enabled and how the sites are maintained.

Activities

Activate Sites

As long as the site handling is not enabled for the solution, the solution administration does not show any properties regarding sites. To activate the site handling for branches and logical component groups you have to open the Properties tab in your solution. On the right hand side, select the link Edit to change the solution settings in the dialog Change Settings. In this dialog, enable the setting Landscape with Sites.

Activating sites has the following results:

The function for sites is displayed on the Properties tab.
On the Branches tab, you see in the table a new column indicating that site handling is enabled.
On the System Landscape tab, the link Maintain Sites is available above the graphical overview.

In a branch with activated sites there is in the header a dropdown menu with quick info Site available (between the dropdown menus for branches and system roles). The first menu item always is Global.

Maintain Sites

On the System Landscape tab, you can open the site maintenance dialog by selecting the link Maintain Sites. The system displays a list with all defined sites. The site Global with no specific technical name is always available and can not be changed or deleted.

To create a new site, you can either choose Create from the context menu or select the link Create above the site table. In the Create dialog you have to fill the required fields for a site. Provide a suitable name and technical name. The technical name must be unique in the solution and must not include special characters like §, $ or %. Confirm your entries.

Change Sites

To change the name for a site, select the site you want to change in the site list and press the corresponding link above the site table or choose Change from the context menu called on the corresponding site entry. The system opens the change dialog in which you can change the name of the site. Changing the technical name is not possible.

Delete Sites

To delete a site, select the site you want to delete from the site list and press the corresponding link above the site table or select Delete from the context menu called on the corresponding site entry. The system opens a confirmation popup where you can confirm or cancel the deletion. You can not delete the site Global.