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Creating Projects - FAC Edition

Complete the following steps to create a project:

  1. From the Dashboard page, click Create Project.
  2. Enter a name for the project.
  3. (Optional) If you have a ZIP file containing project files that you want to upload, click Choose File and select your ZIP file.
  4. Click Save.
    • If you uploaded a ZIP file, it is extracted into the new project.
    • If you did not upload a ZIP file, your new project contains the following files, which make up a minimal Xpress Insight application:
      • application.xml - an Xpress Insight companion file that defines the app name and some custom views
      • source\application.mos - a Mosel source file containing the minimal code needed to run within Xpress Insight
      • model_resources\input.dat - a data file which the Mosel model will read to initialize its input data
      • client_resources\introduction.vdl - a VDL custom view that displays information about the project
      • client_resources\input.vdl - a VDL custom view that displays some input data from the scenario
      • client_resources\results.vdl - a VDL custom view that displays some result data from the scenario
      • client_resources\css\application.css - a CSS file where you can add custom stylesheet rules for all the VDL views