Create a system type

The system types are used for many usages

In the Technology menu of the main control panel, select ‘Systems’ to access the system screen. When creating a System, you have to define its type.

A few built-in system types are defined

Operating System: this one is used to filter available operating systems in infrastructure definition page
Database System
Middleware
Application Server
Web Server
Enterprise Service Bus
Infrastructure Service
Security Service
Storage System
Messaging System
Event Management System
Caching System
File System
Agent
Datawarehouse
Datamart
Datalake
ETL
Hadoop-based Platform
Registry/Directory
Gateway
Stack: this one is used to define [stacks]./manage_systems.html)
Data Virtualization (TIBCO® Data Virtualization for instance)
Cloud Platform
Spreadsheet
Master Data Management
ERP
Business Intelligence
Undefined

Create a new system type

You can create other system types if built-in types are not sufficient for your usage.

On system creation/update page, on system type selection you can create a new system type

Field	Description	Technical name
Identifier	^{This field is mandatory.} Primary key of the object, it uniquely identify the object of this kind in TIBCO Cloud™ Metadata. The identifier is automatically generated and cannot be modified.	id
Label	^{This field is mandatory.} A word of set of word which will be used in TIBCO Cloud™ Metadata to represent the object.	label
Description	Statement or account mainly aiming to clarify or develop the label in more words, it can also bring further unstructured information about the object.	description
Built-in type	Built-in system types cannot be deleted as used in built-in functions.	builtIn
Systems	List of all systems of this type.	systems

When you have completed the creation of your system type, click on the ‘Save and close’ button.