Settings
Introduction
The Settings page in the navigation pane of Apps presents an overview of your app.
On the top of the page, you can see the image of the app, the app name, and the company that owns the app. You can also find the Watch / Stop Watching toggle, which enables or disables notifications for this app.
The Settings page always contains the following tabs:
- General
- Access Management
These tabs are only available for users with the App Settings permission:
- Cloud Settings
- Project Management
- History
- Story Archive
General
In this tab, you can find the following items:
- Logo of the app
- Description of the app
- App ID
- Technical Contact of the app
- Danger Zone
- Leave this app
- Deactivate this app
- Delete this app
Only users with the App Settings permission can deactivate or delete an app. For details, see How to Leave, Delete, or Deactivate an App.
Cloud Settings
On the Cloud Settings tab, you can select the cloud platform on which to deploy your app. The selection of cloud platforms available will depend on the features of your Mendix account.
If you select a non-Mendix Cloud platform like SAP, you will be redirected to a page to complete the setup. If you select Mendix Cloud, no additional setup is needed.
Specific steps for configuring different cloud platforms are provided here:
Access Management
On the Access Management tab, you can manage and invite app users. App users are end-users who can access the deployed app on specific environments. They can use and test your deployed app, and provide feedback.
To manage users or invite users for an app deployed on a specific environment, click Manage Users or Invite Users for that environment. For more information, see the Managing Users and Inviting Users section below.
On the tab, you can only see the environments that satisfy the following requirements:
- Mendix Single Sign-On is implemented in the app using the Mendix SSO module (for more information, see Mendix Single Sign-On)
- You are currently assigned a user role in the app which allows you to manage other users (for more information, see the User Management Properties section of User Roles)
When deploying your application to a non-production environment, the deploying user and the Technical Contact are always assigned the Administrator user role.
When deploying your application to a production environment, the Technical Contact is always assigned the Administrator user role. If you cannot see an environment, ask your Technical Contact to assign you a user role for that environment which allows you to manage other users.
Managing Users
When you click Manage Users for your environment, a dialog box opens with a list of the current app users you can remove or edit:
To remove an app user from the environment, click Remove by their name.
To edit an app user’s roles, click Edit by their name. Permissions for these roles (for example, User or Administrator) correspond to what you have configured for your app’s user roles in App Security in Mendix Studio Pro. If you have created a customized role, you need to publish the app before you are able to see and assign it here.
Inviting Users
To invite new app users to your app, click Invite Users for that environment or via the Manage Users and follow these steps:
- Enter the email addresses of the end-users you want to invite.
- Click Include your app team to include invitations to all the members of your Team. This may be useful, because people invited to join your team are not added as app users automatically.
- Click Add to invitee list.
- Select the role for the App User (for example, User or Administrator). Permissions for these roles correspond to what you have configured for your app’s user roles in App Security in Mendix Studio Pro. If you have created a customized role, you need to publish the app before you are able to see and assign it here.
- Click Next to send the invitation.
The invitee will receive an email asking them to authorize access to their Mendix account on this screen.
After they provide authorization, they will be brought to your deployed app.
Project Management
On the Project Management tab, you can select your team’s planning tool for the app. By default, Epics is the selected tool.
If you manage your projects in Jira, you can connect your apps in Apps to Jira. For more information, see Jira Connector.
History
The History tab presents the collaboration actions for the app. On this page, you can see what change was made, who performed it, and when it occurred:
When you select a history item and click Show item, the details of the story, Sprint, or feedback item will be presented.
Story Archive
Once you have switched from Mendix Stories to Epics or Jira, Mendix archives any work you may have had in Mendix Stories. You can review your work on this tab, and download it if necessary.
