Applications


Overview

The Applications panel lists all applications available in CAST Imaging and provides various technical options, including:

  • manage domains
  • manage CAST Imaging Core upgrade
  • manage data source for source code viewing for imported applications
  • manage advisor for viewer
  • manage backups
  • manage nodes
  • manage log debug options

Column headings

Heading Description
Application name Display name for the application.
Domain The domain the application belongs to (if any). See also Working with domains.
Created by The user that created or imported the application.
Core version The CAST Imaging Core release used to analyze the application. Where no version number is visible, the application has been imported in results form instead.
Core upgrade available If a release number is listed, this indicates that the CAST Imaging Core release used to analyze the application is out-of-date and that a new release is available. See Using the CAST Imaging Core upgrade option.
Import version Indicates the internal engine release number used to generate the results.
Import duration Indicates the length of time required to generate the results.
Actions Contextual menu containing various options. See Contextual menu options.

Icons

The icons available above the list of applications indicate the following:

Icon Description
Delete the application.
Assign the application to a specific domain. See Working with domains.
When active, allows you upgrade CAST Imaging Core (used to analyze the application) to a new release. See Using the CAST Imaging Core upgrade option.
Allows you to upgrade the Advisor feature to take advantage of improved rules.
When blue, this icon indicates that a result generation or application result import job is currently in progress. Clicking the icon will reveal the job in progress and any that might be queued:

Contextual menu options

Menu option Description
View details
View data source Add a connection to a CAST Storage Service/PostgreSQL instance specifically to view source code for applications that have been imported. See Managing data source configuration.
Change domain Assign the application to a specific domain. See Working with domains.
Upgrade application When active, allows you upgrade CAST Imaging Core (used to analyze the application) to a new release. See Using the CAST Imaging Core upgrade option.
Optimize Run various database optimization options for the schemas related to the current application (*_MNGT, *_LOCAL, *_CENTRAL, general_measure). These options are also available in the Global Configuration administration options, see Optimization.
Rename / Delete Rename or Delete an existing application.