Create APD App products

Create APD App product from mind map

Create an APD App product by selecting From Mind Map to import a mind map into Advanced Product Designer App. Importing a mind map does not import segments, even if segment icons appear in the mind map.

Procedure

  1. In Advanced Product Designer App, go to the Insurance Products page. This is the main page.
  2. Select Create New Product.
  3. On the Load Product popup, select Upload mind map file under From Mind Map and browse to select your mind map.
  4. Click Create.
  5. If the mind map contains a secondary language, in Secondary Language, choose the language from the drop-down list. Click Create.
    Advanced Product Designer App converts the mind map to an APD App product. The product appears on the Insurance Products screen.

Update APD App product from mind map

You can update an APD App product from a mind map. This action cannot be undone. Updating a product using a mind map modifies existing elements and adds new elements to the product; it does not remove elements from the product. All elements are first compared by the label, and then by the title. For this reason, use labels in your mind maps so that the correct elements are updated. The 30-character limit on titles of fields and terms is not currently enforced by APD App. If an element’s code exceeds the 30-character limit, the code is matched with the mind map label or title and updated as required. However, when you import a mind map, and the label or title exceeds the 30-character limit, a new shorter code is generated by APD App.

Procedure

  1. In Advanced Product Designer App, go to the Insurance Products page. This is the main page.
  2. Choose Update Product from Mind Map from the product's ... menu.
  3. On the Load Product popup, select Upload mind map file under From Mind Map and browse to select your mind map.
  4. Click Update.
  5. If the mind map contains a secondary language, in Secondary Language, choose the language from the drop-down list. Click Update.

Create APD App product directly in Advanced Product Designer App

You can create a visualized product directly in Advanced Product Designer App, without starting from a mind map.

Procedure

  1. On the Insurance Products page, select Create New Product.
    Advanced Product Designer App displays the Load Product popup.
  2. Select From Scratch.
  3. Enter values, including Product Name, Identifier, and Abbreviation.
    For information about these fields, see Fields on product page.
  4. Click Create.
    Advanced Product Designer App creates the APD App product. The product appears on the Insurance Products screen.

Create APD App product from template

About this task

The template can be an XML file or a JSON zip file. For a JSON zip file, the product and edition JSON files must reside in the product and editions folders at the root level of the zip file, for example
product
  PersonalAuto.json
editions
  PersonalAuto-BaseEdition.json

Procedure

  1. In Advanced Product Designer App, go to the Insurance Products page. This is the main page.
  2. Select Create New Product.
  3. On the Load Product popup, select From Template.
  4. Select Upload XML or JSON zip file and browse to select the APD template.
  5. Click Create.
    Advanced Product Designer App converts the template to an APD App product. The product appears on the Insurance Products screen.

Update APD App product from template

You can update an APD App product from a template. Updating an insurance product from a template permanently overrides all previous element information, editions, and configurations. This action cannot be undone.

Procedure

  1. In Advanced Product Designer App, go to the Insurance Products page. This is the main page.
  2. Choose Update Product from Template from the product's ... menu.
    The product is overwritten with the new product from the template.