Define or update a component while working in a changeset.

Before you begin

Important: Starting with the Washington DC release, DevOps Config is being prepared for future deprecation. It will be hidden and no longer installed on new instances but will continue to be supported. For details, see the Deprecation Process [KB0867184] article in the Now Support Knowledge Base.

Role required: cdm_editor or cdm_admin

About this task

Important: Save your changes whenever you are confident of the changes and before you leave the Config data tab.

Procedure

  1. Follow this procedure to add a component to an application:
    1. While working in a changeset, select the more actions icon (More actions icon.) for the components node and select Create component.
    2. Enter a unique and meaningful name and then select Create.
  2. To perform other actions, select the more actions icon (More actions icon.) for a component and select the action, as follows.
  3. Add a CDI: Select the more actions icon (More actions icon.) for the item and select Create CDI.
    Table 1. Create CDI
    Name Unique and meaningful name for the CDI.
    Value Value that the CDI has in the current context or define a variable.
    • You can specify a direct key : value pair.
    • You can define a variable and specify its default value. Variable definitions have the following form:
      @@<variableName>@@: <value>
    • You can specify a value for a variable using the following form:
      "<variableName>": "<value>"
    • You can specify a contextual variable. These are variables defined out-of-the-box that use the context of the node to set the variable value. The variable uses the following form:
      "<variableName>": "(#<value>#)"
    • You can use recursive variables for a CDI value. Recursive variables use other variable values as parameters to set the CDI value. For example, each of these CDI values can resolve the same due to recursive variables:
      cdi1: @(favorite_food/@(person)@)@
      cdi2: @(favorite_food/@(john)@)@
      cdi3: waffles
    Encrypted

    Option to specify that the value of the CDI should be encrypted. This option appears only for users with the CDM Secrets [sn_cdm.cdm_secrets] role.

    After you create the CDI, the value appears in all views as *******. To view the value on any tab that displays the CDI, users with the CDM Secrets [sn_cdm.cdm_secrets] role can select the View encrypted data menu option.