Designing Application Systems on System Diagrams 

In System Designer, you can design application systems by composing them from applications or other systems as members of those systems. While designing a system, you can expose behavior of members in a system and connect those members to specify how applications are connected at deployment. You can also override settings on applications that are designated as overridable on their underlying definitions. At any time, you can create deployment diagrams to evaluate deployment for the system in the target datacenter.

In This Section

Overview of Application Systems on System Diagrams

Provides an overview of application systems and other related tasks you can perform using System Designer.

How to: Display the System View Window

Describes how to open the System View window so that you can add members to a system.

How to: Design Application Systems on System Diagrams

Describes how to add members of a system to a system diagram.

External Applications in Application Systems

Provides guidelines and approaches to including external applications, such as external Web services and databases, with their referencing applications.

How to: Combine External Applications with Referencing Applications in Application Systems

Describes how to combine external applications with their referencing applications.

How to: Specify Optional Applications or Systems on System Diagrams

Describes how to specify members of a system as optional or required when an instance of the system is deployed.

How to: Specify Scalable Applications or Systems on System Diagrams

Describes how to specify whether multiple instances of system member can be installed when an instance of the system is deployed.

How to: Delete Applications and Systems from System Diagrams

Describes how to delete members from a system.

How to: Delete Endpoints from System Diagrams

Describes how to delete endpoints from members in a system.

Considerations for Deleting Applications and Endpoints from System Diagrams

Describes considerations to remember when deleting items from system diagrams.

Getting Started with Distributed System Designers

Introduces Distributed System Designers, common tasks performed across designers, accessibility information, and walkthroughs.

Designing Application Systems with System Designer

Introduces System Designer, which you can use to design application systems composed from applications or other systems.

Exposing Behavior of Members in Application Systems

Contains topics about providing access to members of systems so that you can connect them outside those systems.

Viewing Items from System Diagrams

Contains topics about viewing certain items on or from system diagrams, such as underlying definitions of system members, endpoint details, and settings or constraints on members.

Defining Communication Pathways on System Diagrams

Contains topics about creating and configuring connections between members of systems on system diagrams.

Troubleshooting System Diagrams

Describes and helps resolve issues that can affect system diagrams and other distributed system diagrams.

Designing Applications with Application Designer

Introduces Application Designer, which you can use to design, configure, and connect applications within a solution.

Evaluating System Deployment with Deployment Designer

Introduces Deployment Designer, which you can use to evaluate deployment of application systems.

Common Tasks Across Distributed System Designers

Describes common tasks you can perform across designers in Distributed System Designers.

Distributed System Designer Walkthroughs

Provides walkthroughs through core tasks you can perform using Distributed System Designers.