Running entity loaders

When the entity definitions are complete, you can load the entities to a started server.

Before you begin

To load entities, you must have a deployment configuration available for your server.

About this task

Loading entities to a server is a quick way to validate that your solution is working as expected. Each .eldr file loads entities to a development server, using the properties defined in the testdriver.properties file in the Test Client project. You can load various entity loader files to the server, modify the entities in a file, and then quickly reload the .eldr file if necessary.

You can run a single entity loader file, as described in the following procedure, or you can run multiple entity loader files by creating and running a test scenario file.

Procedure

Start the development server to which you intend to load the entity loader. You can start cisDev from the Samples console.
Open the Entity Loaders folder in the test client project and locate the .eldr file that contains your entity definitions.
Right-click the .eldr file and click Run As > Entity Loader. The Run Configurations wizard opens the first time that you run your entity loader to the server.
In the Run Configurations wizard, confirm that your Test Client project and entity loader are selected.
Optional: Under Run Options, select Delete all entities to clear previously loaded entities from the server.
Click Run.

Results

The entities that are defined in entity loader are loaded to the server.