Chapter 3. Project

A project is a container for asset packages (business processes, rules, work definitions, decision tables, fact models, data models, and DSLs) that lives in the Knowledge Repository. It is this container that defines the properties of the KIE Base and KIE Session that are applied to its content. In the GUI, you can edit these entities in the Project Editor.
As a project is a Maven project, it contains the Project Object Model file (pom.xml) with information on how to build the output artifact. It also contains the Module Descriptor file, kmodule.xml, that contains the KIE Base and KIE Session configuration for the assets in the project.
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3.1. Creating a project

To create a project, do the following:
  1. Open the Project Authoring perspective: on the main menu, click Authoring → Project Authoring.
  2. In the Project Explorer view, do the following:
    • If in the Project view of Project Explorer, select the organizational unit and the repository where you want to create the project.
    • If in the Repository view of Project Explorer, navigate to the repository root, where you want to create the project.
  3. In the perspective menu, go to New Item → Project.
  4. In the Create new Project dialog window, define the project details:
    1. In the Resource Name text box, enter the project name.
      JBoss BPM Suite Create New Project pop-up for 6.0.2

      Figure 3.1. New Project Screen

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      Note that the project name should be a valid filename. Avoid using a space or any special character that might lead to an invalid folder name.
  5. The explorer refreshes to show a New Project Wizard pop-up window.
    A screenshot of the BRMS GAV dialog window

    Figure 3.2. New Project Wizard Pop-up

  6. Define the Project General Settings and Group artifact version details for this new project. These parameters are stored inside the pom.xml maven configuration file.
    • Project Name: The name for the project; for example Mortgages
    • Project Description: The description of the project which may be useful for the project documentation purpose.
    • Group ID: group ID of the project; for example org.mycompany.commons
    • Artifact ID: artifact ID unique in the group; for example myframework
    • Version ID: version of the project; for example 2.1.1
    The Project Screen view is updated with the new project details as defined in the pom.xml file. Note, that you can switch between project descriptor files in the drop down-box with Project Settings and Knowledge Base Setting, and edit their contents.
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