Create Projects and Environments
Create a project
To create a new project click the Add a new project button.
This button opens the following dialog:
Name
The project name
Yes
No
Home folder
The folder where the project is located
Yes
No
Configuration file (relative path)
The folder where the project’s configuration json is located.
Yes
Yes
Parent project to inherit from
The project to inherit metadata (e.g. connections) from
Yes
No
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Description
A description for this environment
No
No
Company
The company this environment belongs to
No
No
Department
The department this environment is created for
No
No
Metadata base folder
The folder where this environment’s metadata will be stored
Yes
Yes
${PROJECT_HOME}/metadata
Unit test base path
The base path to use for unit tests in the project. If your Unit test base path is defined as ${PROJECT_HOME}/my_pipelines, unit tests will refer to a pipeline in this folder as ./my_pipeline.hpl.
Yes
Yes
${PROJECT_HOME}
Data Sets CSV Folder
The folder where this environment’s data files will be stored
Yes
Yes
${PROJECT_HOME}/datasets
Enforce execution in project home
Give an error when trying to execute a pipeline or workflow which is not located in the environment home directory or in a sub-directory
Yes
Yes
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Project variables to set
A list of variable names, values and variable descriptions to use with this project
No
Yes
Table 1. Project Properties
After creating a project the user interface will switch to it and ask if you want to create an environment.
Create an environment
To create a new environment click the Add a new environment button.
This button opens the following dialog:
Name
The environment name
No
No
The last created project
Purpose
The purpose of this environment. A purpose is an indication of the environment type. You can add your own purposes in addition to the predefined ones:
Development
Testing
Acceptance
Production
Continuous integration
Common build
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No
No
Project
The project to which this environment belongs
No
No
The last created project
Configuration files
Files to use as configuration for this environment
No
No
Each environment will contain one or more environment files where you manage environment-specific variables.
The edit button opens the environment file and lets you add variable key-value pairs.
After creating an environment the user interface will switch to it.
Switch between projects and environments
To switch between projects the projects list can be used from the main Hop Gui toolbar.
After switching to a project the environments list will be updated to the environments which belong to this project. All open files will be restored, including their zoom level and other UI settings.
Edit and delete projects
To edit an existing project click the Edit the selected project button.
Clicking this button will re-open the project dialogue where changes can be made as described in the Create a project section above.
To delete a project click the Delete the selected project button.
Editing and deleting environments
To edit an existing environment click the Edit the selected environment button.
Clicking this button will re-open the project dialogue where changes can be made as described in the Create an environment section above.
To delete an environment click the Delete the selected environment button.
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