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Project Properties, Project Tab

Use the Project Properties dialog box, Project tab, to modify individual properties of a staging project, such as the source directory or destination server(s). There are two versions of the Project tab:

  • Web Content and IIS Metabase Projects

  • Business Data Projects

Web Content and IIS Metabase Projects

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Project directory

Type the path of the source directory for Content Projects or click Browse to select a directory.

Metabase deployment

Select the Metabase deployment option button to create a metabase deployment project.

Click Advanced to open the IIS Metabase Deployment dialog box. This lets you specify a different Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Web site that contains the metabase settings that you want to stage.

Add

Select to add a new destination server. The Add Destination Server dialog box opens.

Remove

Select an entry from the Destinations list and then click Remove to delete the selected destination server.

Edit

Select an entry from the Destinations list and then click Edit to modify the selected destination server. The Edit Project Destination Properties dialog box opens.

Notes

Type any notes that you want to preserve about the project.

Business Data Projects

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Roles

Source - Select to designate the server as a source of the business data project. Check this box for source staging server and same box replication configurations.

Destination - Select to designate the server as a destination for the business data project. Check this box for endpoint and same box replication configurations.

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Leave Source and Destination unchecked for waypoint configurations.

Source Site

Type the name of the Commerce Server 2009 site associated with the business data that you want to stage, for example CSharpSite. This property setting is applicable only for the source staging server.

Project Local Directory

Type the path of the project local directory or click Browse and move to the directory. This property setting is applicable for all servers in the staging topology. Enter a valid path. Commerce Server Staging does not support a drive as the source directory.

Add

Select to add a new destination server. The Add Destination Server dialog box opens.

Remove

Select an entry from the Destinations list and then click Remove to delete the selected destination server.

Edit

Select an entry from the Destinations list and then click Edit to modify the selected destination server. The Edit Project Destination Properties dialog box opens.

Notes

Type any notes that you want to preserve about the project.

See Also

Other Resources

How to Change the Project Directory for a Web Content Project

How to Add a Destination to a Web Content Project

How to Add Notes for a Web Content Project

Changing the Project Properties of a Web Content Project

Changing the Project Properties of a Business Data Project