You may develop and create custom tools to meet the specific needs of your organization using Java and XML code. For information on creating custom tools, see Using the TeamConnect API.

Points To Remember

When creating custom tools, keep in mind:

•If you grant access to a tool, the user is able to both view and use the tool.

•You may grant group rights so that specific user groups can use the tool.

•You may set up loggers to monitor tools.

Note: Custom tools are developed using Java, and the user interface for the tools is developed using XML.

Setting Up Custom Tools

After you have developed a custom tool, you must set it up it to work within TeamConnect by doing the following operations:

•Upload the Java and XML files to TeamConnect.

•Configure the tool in the Administer Custom Tools screen.

•Grant rights to solution developer users who are to test the tool.

•Test the tool on a test instance of TeamConnect before uploading it to your production system.

•After testing the tool, you must grant access to the tool on the Tools option of group accounts. That way, end-users in the appropriate user groups can access the tool from the Tools link in All Services > Tools drop-down list in the end-user interface.