In this chapter, we shall discuss several WebTools, including tools and utilities for:
Cache maintenance
Changing debug settings
Exporting database data to XML documents
Loading databases from XML documents
Managing internationalization labels
Using the SQL processor
Exploring the entity reference tool
Viewing OFBiz usage statistics
Uncovering artifact information
Working with temporal expressions
Out-of-the-box, OFBiz comes with many tools designed to help manage your OFBiz instance. One set of tools specifically for use with the "framework" portion of the code base, that is, those parts of OFBiz that make up the underlying core or support platform and which are found starting in the framework
directory, are called the "WebTools".
The WebTools toolkit is front-ended with a separate OFBiz Component, webapp (located as a sub-directory under the framework
directory), and UI, called the "WebTools" Application. This webapp consolidates the many day-to-day OFBiz administrative...