System View Window Terminology 

In System Designer, you can design application systems by dragging from the System View window to add applications and systems to the system diagram. In Deployment Designer, you can define deployment for a system by dragging its member applications from the System View window and binding them to logical servers on the deployment diagram.

For more information, see the following topics:

• How to: Display the System View Window

• Overview of System Designer

• Overview of Deployment Designer

The following sections contain more information about terminology associated with the System View window:

• System View Window in System Designer

• System View Window in Deployment Designer

System View Window in System Designer

The following illustration shows the System View window in System Designer.

System View window in System Designer

The following table introduces terminology associated with the System View window in System Designer.

Term	Definition
Applications	Lists all the application definitions in the solution that you can use to add applications to the system diagram. You can add single or multiple uses of an application definition to the system diagram. Applications are defined on the application diagram using Application Designer. For more information, see the following topics: Application Designer Terminology How to: Define Applications on Application Diagrams
Systems	Lists all the system definitions in the solution that you can use to add systems to the system diagram. You can add single or multiple uses of a system definition to the system diagram. Systems are defined on other system diagrams using System Designer. For more information, see the following topics: System Designer Terminology How to: Design Application Systems on System Diagrams

System View Window in Deployment Designer

The following illustration shows the System View window in Deployment Designer.

System View window in Deployment Designer

The following table introduces terminology associated with the System View window in Deployment Designer.

Term	Definition
Root application system	Refers to the top-level application system for which you are defining and evaluating deployment. The System View window displays all applications in the system, including the full expansion of all systems in the root system. For more information, see the following topics: System Designer Terminology Deployment Designer Terminology How to: Bind Applications to Logical Servers
Bound application	Refers to an application in the system that has been bound to a specific logical server on the deployment diagram.
Unbound application	Refers to an application in the system that is not yet bound to a logical server on the deployment diagram.

See Also

Concepts

Overview of Distributed System Designers
Workflow Across Distributed System Designers
Distributed System Designers Terminology Overview