For applications with subject areas, you use the IDD Configuration Manager to configure an application. For applications with business entities, you use the Provisioning tool to configure an application.
IDD Configuration Manager
The IDD Configuration Manager is a web-based utility used to add, change, and manage IDD applications that are based on subject areas. An IDD application consists of an XML configuration file, resource bundles, help files, and other components. A complete IDD application can be imported or exported as a ZIP file containing all of these components.
The IDD Configuration Manager does not expose all available configuration options. To configure some functionality, such as custom components, you must export and edit the XML configuration file directly, before you import the file back into the IDD Configuration Manager.
For more information about the IDD Configuration Manager, see the
Multidomain MDM Data Director Implementation Guide
.
Provisioning tool
The Provisioning tool is a web-based utility that you use to create and manage business entities and the related IDD applications.
You can use the Provisioning tool to define business entity models, tasks, and transformations, and design the user interface for
Data Director
.
You can define and design the following items:
Business entities
Business entity views
Reference entities
Relationships
Transformations
Task configurations
Extensions, such as SOAP services
User interface components
User interface layouts
For more information about the Provisioning tool, see the