1 3 Before You Begin Checklist

1.3 Before You Begin Checklist

Before you start using the Visual LANSA development environment, review the following checklist:

• Do you know the Visual LANSA System Type of your installation? You may be using a Visual LANSA Slave System with a LANSA for iSeries Master System, or you may be using an Independent Visual LANSA System. The system type influences the options available in the Visual LANSA Editor. For further information, in the Administrator Guide, refer to

• Planning and Installing LANSA

• Visual LANSA Independent System Administration

• Visual LANSA Slave System Administration overviews.

• Are you using Visual LANSA with a LANSA for iSeries Master System? If you are, you should become familiar with Host Monitor Concepts as described in the Administrator Guide. In particular, the Example Development Cycle provides a good overview of starting development with Visual LANSA.

• Do you have a Visual LANSA user profile and password in order to logon? (Refer to Logon Parameters in the Administrator Guide.)

• Do you know the partition that you will be using when you logon?

• Do you know the Change Management strategy being used with Visual LANSA?

• Do you have a task ID assigned for completing your work in Visual LANSA? A task ID is required at logon.

• Do you know if Repository Synchronization is being used so that the  Host Monitor should be started for  Propagation?

• If you are planning to use the Logical Modeler or the Database Diagram Viewer, you will need to have Microsoft Visio 2003 (or higher) installed.

• You should also be familiar with the Visual LANSA interface 1.6 Setting up Your Workspace.

The Administrator Guide provides details to assist in the configuration of the Visual LANSA environment.

Also See

1.2 How Do I Get Started?

1.4 How Do I Populate the Repository?

Ý 1. Getting Started with Visual LANSA