metaflow

Initial Discovery

There are several ways of Discovering the assets to be used in a new Project. The initial phase of Discovery is consistent for all methods.

Step 1: Project Location

  1. In the Metaflow Client, the user first selects the "New Project" icon located in the upper right-hand corner of the left-hand view where user projects are shown.
  2. The Discovery Wizard will open (as shown in Caption 1)
  3. Select Browse and navigate to the content's location. Choose the folder containing the content and select Next. The Project name field is automatically completed but may be changed



    4. Caption 1: Project Location

Step 2: Completing Project Properties

  1. There are 3 tabs available in this section of the Wizard. These tabs allow the user to pre-populate a project's properties. All Plans which are added to the Project will have inherit the value of these Fields.
    1. Global MIDlet


      1. General: The Name field is used for the MIDlet Name throughout the Project
      2. Vendor: Filling in the Vendor Name will stamp this value into all MIDlets overriding any previous value
      3. Midlet Properties: Allows the default MIDlet categories to be set. These will be used as the default values for all plans in the Project. They may be changed from the global MIDlet tab in any project. Some channels will ignore the values completely if the channel uses custom category fields(as shown in Caption 2)



    Caption 2: Global MIDlet
  2. To-do: To-do's may be added at this point. They may be set as Mandatory, Recommended or Optional. Again, these options will propagate through to any plan added to the project. If a To Do has been set, hovering the mouse cursor over the plan will pop-up any available To-do for that channel (as shown in Caption 3 )



    3. Caption 3: Project Properties To Do

  3. Notes: Notes may be added as reminders to any Project created(as shown in Caption 4)



    4. Caption 4: Notes

    All of the above features can be edited after a project has been created by double-clicking the project in the Metaflow Project View.

    Step 3: Default Project Properties

    All newly discovered content will inherit these default values which may be overridden later.


    Caption 5: Default Project Properties

    1. MIDlet


      2. There are several options that can be enabled. Each one of these can be overridden later by manipulating each bundle or by running a filtered action across several bundles.

      1. MIDlet requires server connection
      2. MIDlet execution type
      3. Enable Bundle DRM signature
      4. Is Blue tooth Enabled
      5. Is Accelerometer Enabled
      6. Is 3D Enabled
      7. Is Touch Screen Enabled


    2. Languages


      3. Languages may be assigned by selecting the add languages tab (as highlighted in Caption 6)


      Caption 6:Languages

    3. Overriding JAD Attributes are explained here


    4. Overriding Manifest Attributes are explained here

    5. To Do: All To Do's added at this point will be inherited by any newly Discovered Content.


    Step 4: Select Asset Discovery Type