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What are Target Groups?
A Target Group represents a software technology running in one or more Environments, that supports builds, deployments, test, or utility executions. Individual A Target for build or deployment is represented by mapping of is the combination of a Target Group and Environment.
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You may have an Oracle SOA Suite Instance (SOA1) for most composites, and a second Instance (SOA2) for hosting composites which contain sensitive information such as financial or HR related data. In this case, you would create two Target Groups in FlexDeploy named SOA1 and SOA2. You can define Name and Code for InstancesTarget Groups.
You may have a requirement to perform builds using multiple versions of JDeveloper, such as JDeveloper 11.1.1.9 and JDeveloper 12.2.1. In which case you can create JDEV11119 and JDEV1221 Target Groups. Then you can associate each Target Group with one or more Environments, and describe which endpoints fit in each Target.
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In example below, we have an ADF Domain installed in Development, QA and Production environments, they are 3 physical installations of WebLogic domain, but we can logically call it a since ADF Target Group in FlexDeploy topology. This allows us to perform deployments against a specific Target Group in a specific environment. For example, you can deploy a new version of EAR file to ADF in Development or ADF in QA etc. Similarly other technology installations like SOA, CRM application and Database are considered Target Groups in FlexDeploy topology.
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Viewing Target Groups
To view the list of Target Groups defined within FlexDeploy, select Topology from the menu.
By default, all active Target Groups are displayed in the search results.
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To refine the search results, type all or part of the Target Group name into the Search box, and the list will automatically filter. Uncheck the Active checkbox or click the disabled Click the filter inactive button to show the inactive Target Groups as well.
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Creating or Editing Target Groups
To create a Target Group, click the Create button in the top right. To edit a Target Group, click on the … of an existing Target Group row in the list.
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Field Name | Required | Description |
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Name | Yes | Long display name for the Target Group. |
Code | Yes | Short name for the Target Group. |
Description | No | A description of the Target Group. |
Target Group Permissions | No | You can toggle a slider to override the default permissions. This allows you to give your EBS team lead group permission to modify the EBS target group, and not to any other groups if you desired. If users have write access to a both the target group and environment, then they can modify the target’s properties and endpoints. |
Active | Yes | Whether or not the Target Group is active in the system. Defaults to "Yes". |
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Click the + Environments drop down to add an additional Environment to the Target Group. To disassociate environments from the Target Group, click the X on the right.
Target Group Properties
Before version 6.5, an additional step to associate Workflows and Plugin operations was necessary to connect available properties to targets, but this . This is automated in version 6.5 and we don’t expect users to ever need to link them manually. If you find a need to link them manually, see Manually Assigning Target Group Workflows and Plugins.
All changes on this screen take effect immediately.
Target Group Tags
To add Tag to the Target Groups , click on the three dots that we are seeing on right side of the particular target group row.
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After clicking on the Add Tag option, then you can see a list of already created tags , by clicking on a tag from the list of tags such tag will be assigned to selected Target.
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To Manage the Tags you can navigate to Tags from the menuand manage the Tags https://flexagon.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FD65/pages/10125816027/Tags#Managing-Tags .
Inactivating/Activating and Deleting Target Groups
To inactivate an a Target Group at any time, click the Active link button on the desired Target Group, and it will toggle to Inactive. This will hide that Target Group after leaving the screen, until the Active checkbox is unchecked. To reactivate a Target Group, click the Inactive link button and it will toggle back to Active. Only Target Groups that aren’t in use can be inactivated or deleted.
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