Managing projects

After opening a project using BIRT Analytics Loader, the project development page appears, as shown in Figure 2‑6. The project page contains a top banner, a control menu, feature tabs, and work area. The top banner displays the project name and the logout link.

Table 2‑1 Icons for the control menu
Icon	Label	Purpose
	Close	Closes the current project, after confirmation, and returns to the Projects management window.
	Save	Saves the project. To make any change effective, it is necessary to save data by choosing Save.
	Run	Executes the load process.
	Reports	Shows the load process log files.
	Sharing	Displays the list of QLoader users that you can share your project with (already created by you in BAadmin).

Table 2‑2 Icons for the feature tabs
Icon	Label	Purpose
	Settings	This tool allows changing the configuration parameters of the current project. These parameters are the same as those entered in Create new project. The project name cannot be changed.
	Data	The tool to set up the connections to the data sources and define the mappings to the tables in the target database.
	Transform	Provides tools for defining the data transformation rules.
	Data Management	Allows the user to browse and explore the data in the target database, and create and remove links between data columns in tables.
	Admin	Supports administering the FastDB Engine users. An administrator can create a new engine user, change a password, and delete it. You must provide the following information: login name, password, password confirmation, and old password.
	Post loading	Tool for both automating a synchronization process after loading data into the FastDBand and clearing the cache. For this, you need to define the UR1 of the electron server as well as the required actions.