DataSpider Studio

DataSpider Studio, or simply Studio, is a dedicated IDE for developing and deploying business logics to be hosted by DataSpider.Studio is designed to maximize developer productivity and to simplify service deployment and administrative tasks.
To start developing scripts or to perform service operations, you first need launch Studio.

Launching Studio

How to start Studio is as follows .

Select the 'DataSpider Studio' item from Windows start menu
Execute the $DATASPIDER_HOME/client/bin/DataSpiderStudio.exe application

Logging in to Studio

Enter user name and password in the corresponding fields and click [Login] to login.

Description of items

Item name	Required/Optional	Description	Remarks
Server list	required	Specify the IP address or the name of DataSpiderServer host.
User	required	Specify a user name to log in to your DataSpiderServer account.
Password	required	Password to authenticate the user with DataSpiderServer.
Language	required	Select the language for you to use in Studio	To change languages to use, you need to reboot Studio.

Initial password for the root user is configured during the installation process. The default password is 'password' if it was not changed.

See User Account Settings for how your password can be changed

Selecting a server to connect

Multiple server entries can be made using the pull down menu for the server connection setting.

Select [Server list]-[Edit server list]
"Edit server list" dialog pops up.To create a new server connection, click [Add].

"Add server" dialog pops up.Fill in the appropriate dialog fields and select [Add] to register.

Description of items

Item name	Required/Optional	Description
Destination name	required	Specify a string identifier for the connection
Hostname/IP Address	required	Specify DataSpiderServer hostname or IP address
Port number	required	Specify DataSpiderServer port
Comment	optional	Enter the information of the connection destination.

Start page

Start page will be displayed after successful login.
Selecting icons displayed in start page, user can access the tools that Studio provides.

Provided in the title bar is the following information.
"DataSpider Studio - <Login user name> [<The host name of DataSpiderServer>/<The IP address of DataSpiderServer>] (<Repository DB enabled or disabled>)"

DataSpiderServer address corresponds to the connection settings specified for Studio.

Launching tools

By clicking the icons show below, user can access their corresponding tools Studio provides.

Description of tools

Icon	Tool name	Description	Remarks
	New project	Creates a new project.
	Open project	Open the selected project in Designer.
	My Projects	Manages existing projects.
	My Triggers	A list of triggers available to the logged in user is displayed in My Triggers. Triggers can also be edited and deleted.
	My Logs	Using My Logs, user can view the record of script execution histories filtered by criteria specified.
	My Services	Services registered with the server can be managed using My Services.
	Designer	Used to create scripts.
	Explorer	Used to operate, refer and edit files and directories on DataSpider file system.
	Control Panel	Control Panel allows users to view and manipulate DataSpiderServer system settings and controls.
	Help	Launches this help document.

Logging out from Studio

To log off, select [Exit/logoff Studio] item from Studio menu and click [Logoff] in the dialog box appeared.

Shutting down DataSpider Studio

To shutdown, select [Exit/logoff Studio] item from Studio menu and click [Exit] in the dialog box appeared.

Specification limit

You cannot multiply launch the same DataSpider Studio.

If you changed the position of icons by drag & drop, those icons sometimes appear doubled.
You can solve the problem by clicking somewhere else to focus out the icons.

Keyboard shortcuts may not be enabled.
In that case, please use your mouse.

Focusing may not be enabled.
In that case, please set the focus to the target component by using your mouse.

To change the name of the item on the tree structure such as the Explorer, the Project Explorer, and the fixed/variable length wizard, you need to click three times to make it changeable.

On the Explorer or in My Project, the double-click function of the item to change its name does not work.
To change the name of the item, select the item and press F2 or go to the right-click menu.

When you end Studio, "InterruptedException" error may output on Studio standard error ouput(client.error.log).
There are no problems regarding termination itself.

Notice

Check the following points if connecting to a DataSpiderServer fails.
- Make sure DataSpiderServer is running
- If DataSpiderServer's port has not been changed
  If the port number is changed, you need to change the Studio settings.
  Change the value of [server.port] in "$DATASPIDER_HOME/client/conf/boot.properties" to the port number you set in DataSpiderServer.