Installing Eclipse Plug-ins
This software package includes plug-ins for the Eclipse environment (supported on Windows platforms only). These are unpacked to the installation directory and from there can be installed into your Eclipse platform. In order to use these plug-ins, the Eclipse SDK must be available as a prerequisite. See the webMethods and Intelligent Business Operations System Requirements for the supported version of Java.
To install the Eclipse plug-ins
1. Start the Eclipse in which the plug-ins are to be installed.
2. From the menu entry Help, select the item to install new software. This can be for example Install New Software or Software Updates, depending on the Eclipse version you are using.
This takes you to the Available Software dialog. On some Eclipse versions, you might instead see the Software Updates and Add-ons dialog; if so, select the tab Available Software.
3. Choose Add or Add Site. This takes you to the Add Repository dialog, where you specify the location of the plug-ins.
Choose Archive and navigate to the following location: <SuiteInstallDir>/eclipse/updates. There you will find the zip file CentraSiteUpdateSite.zip. Select this file, and click Open to return to the Add Repository dialog, then click OK.
The archive location can also contain optional language packs. If you need a language pack, install it using the same method as described here.
4. Back in the Available Software dialog, you now see the SOA Governance category under which the plug-ins are listed.
Click Select All, then click Next.
5. You may be asked to confirm that you want to perform the installation, and that you agree to license conditions. Select the appropriate option to confirm. When the Finish button is enabled, click it to start the installation.
In some cases you might need to restart Eclipse after the installation has completed, in order to activate the plug-in.
6. You can now test that the installation was successful.
To do this, first create a report project using File > New > Project > Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools > Report Project, then open the Report Design perspective.
Now create a BIRT report using File > New > Report.
7. Open the view Report Design > Data Explorer.
8. Right-click Data Sources, then choose New Data Source from the context menu. The New Data Source dialog now displays the CentraSite data sources that you can use to create the XQuery for generating CentraSite reports.
CentraSiteCentraSite XQuery
9. Select CentraSite XQuery from the list of data source types. Use the default data source name, then choose Next.
Connection information about the CentraSite data source appears.
Important: | Before running the plug-ins, you must restart the Eclipse environment. |
