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# Designer - Build and Manage Integrations

The power-house that is **Statelake** **Designer** - the executable module that allows you to create, configure and maintain the configurations which describe the data sources and destinations, mapping rules, and other aspects of the processes, as well as test the running of actions.

An **Action** defines a runnable data processing step by combining the **Connection**, **Definition**, and **Map** components within your configuration for the input, output, and mapping involved in that process. An **Action** also defines an execution profile so that the processing can run automatically e.g. every 30 minutes.

Each **Designer** session connects to only one **Configuration** at a time, so that you can create, modify, and run the components only within that **Configuration**. To use **Designer** with a different **Configuration** the current session must be closed and a new one opened.

Alternatively, it is possible, and quite common, to have multiple **Designer** sessions open at the same time, with each one connected to one **Configuration**.

The cornerstone of the **Designer** window is the navigation or structure tree, which is used to manage the modules that comprise each **Statelake Configuration**. When navigating through the branches of this tree, only a single click is required to open the selected module.

Just as the **Designer** window can be re-sized with ease, the tree itself can easily be re-sized by dragging the right‑hand boundary line.

The **Status Bar** runs along the very bottom of the **Designer** window, and displays basic information such as the **Configuration** name, the name of the **Database** and **Configuration Database Server** that you are connected to, and the status if your computer internet connection.

## Running Designer

To open **Designer**, simply select the **Run** button on the **Designer** option within the **Manager** window.

The **Designer** window will prompt you for the name of the configuration that you wish to open.

It is that simple.

To close **Designer** at this initial window, select Cancel.

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