To reduce the complexity of your application, share templates for business
processes between your applications by importing case types.
For example, when you
have multiple applications to deal with different kinds of loan requests, you can share the
template for the loan request review process.
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Define a build-on application from which you want to import the case types:
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In the navigation pane of Dev Studio, click App.
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Under the name of your application work pool, click .
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In the Class inheritance section, in the Parent
class (Directed) field, enter the work pool of your built-on
application.
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Click Save.
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In the navigation pane of Dev Studio, click Case types.
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In the Case types panel, click .
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Review the list of top-level case types that you add to your application.
Case types with the same name as an existing case type in your application do not
appear in this list.
- Optional:
To exclude a case type from the import process, clear the check box next to the name of
that case type.
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Click Submit.
Result:Â The case type and its child case types now exist in your
application. Supporting rules, such as the starting flow for a case type, continue to reside
in the built-on application. You can leave them there, or create specialized versions in your
application.