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Getting Started

Demo App

Each Platform 6 instance comes with an uninstalled Demo App that has been designed and built to help developers understand how Platform 6 can be leveraged to create applications.

Developers are highly encouraged to install the Demo App and go through the tutorial to understand how it works, step by step.

Built-in Services

Platform 6 comes with a large set of built-in services that can be leveraged to create an application:

  • Administration: manage users and permissions
  • Bundled Resources: handle resources to be included on a P6 application
  • Counters: manage queries that can be run on Transactions and Routing Orders
  • Data Models: store XML schemas to validate the structure of XML files
  • Email Profiles: create and edit the email profiles
  • Frames: create and visualize inline frames to be included in dashboards in Home Pages
  • Home Pages: configure Home Pages combining Counters, Reports and Frames
  • Organizations: manage an organization tree structure and assign users to nodes
  • Reports: design graphical Reports that can be included in Home Pages
  • Routes: create and manage Routes
  • Routing Orders: manage Routing Orders
  • Scripts: develop and execute Scripts
  • Stored Procedures: write and execute SQL queries
  • Stripe Payments: charge customers online
  • Tables: create and edit Tables, manage data stored in Tables (add,edit,delete records)
  • Transactions: search, display, delete, edit and reprocess Transactions
  • Views: configure the display of the Transactions and the Workflow Tasks screens
  • Workflow Steps: create and edit Workflow Steps defining actions offered to Assignees and subsequent processing

Custom Services

Platform 6 allow developers to create their own custom services using their preferred language, and connect them to other services thanks to the P6 Common Message Bus.

Platform 6 DSL

The Platform 6 DSL guide provides details about the mini-language developed for the operation and the control of the Platform 6 instances.

Common Message Bus API

The Common Message Bus API explains how to send a specific message to a deployed built-in Service.

Platform 6 additional tools