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Design Server
The documentation provided here describes how to use the Design Server.
Projects
This documentation describes Design Server projects.
Connections and actions
A connection defines the properties that are required to connect to an external resource. An action uses a connection to provide source data to a map, or to write data from a map to a target.
Project-level connections and actions
You can reuse project-level artifacts in multiple maps. You can use the Connections designer in Design Server to define a new project-level connection and its actions, or to select an existing project-level connection and its actions.

Design Server
The documentation provided here describes how to use the Design Server.
- Projects
  This documentation describes Design Server projects.
  - Importating and exporting
    A project organizes related artifacts (connections and actions, schemas, maps, and files) in the Design Server repository. The import and export functions move projects or individual artifacts between the repository and the local file system. By using the import and export functions, you can reuse artifacts in multiple projects or move a project between multiple instances of Design Server.
  - Connections and actions
    A connection defines the properties that are required to connect to an external resource. An action uses a connection to provide source data to a map, or to write data from a map to a target.
    - Project-level connections and actions
      You can reuse project-level artifacts in multiple maps. You can use the Connections designer in Design Server to define a new project-level connection and its actions, or to select an existing project-level connection and its actions.
    - Map-level connections and actions
      Map-level artifacts are unique to a particular map. A map-level action can use an existing, project-level connection, or the action can define a new map-level connection.
    - Connection testing
      You can test both project-level and map-level connections.
  - Files
    You add a file to a project to use it as input to maps in the project. You can upload a file from your local file system to a project with the File designer. Alternatively, you can upload it when you define an action.
- Schemas
- Maps
- Flows
  A flow node invokes a sub flow within a flow. Sub-flows need not be wired to other nodes; it is valid to have a flow that is comprised of multiple sub-flows that each have listeners.
- Using Design Server
  How to use the HCL Link Design Server.
- Flows
  This documentation describes how Flows can be run from REST API, listeners, or they can be scheduled.
- Schema designer
  Use the schema designer to define, modify, and view schemas. A schema describes the syntax, structure, and semantics of your data.

Project-level connections and actions

You can reuse project-level artifacts in multiple maps. You can use the Connections designer in Design Server to define a new project-level connection and its actions, or to select an existing project-level connection and its actions.

For example, you can define a project-level connection to a database that is used as a data source, or target of multiple maps. A project-level action might be an SQL inquiry and schema that multiple maps use to look up the same database.