Toolbars in the Editor Frame
In the Editor frame, the views for editing link and namespace attributes have local toolbars. Report views also display local toolbars, depending on the type of visualizing used for the report result.
Toolbar for Link Attributes
This toolbar provides the commands for modifying link attributes. The table lists all the available icons in the toolbar for link attributes.
Command | Function | |
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Customize Columns |
Opens the Select Table Columns dialog, which lets you select the columns that should be displayed. |
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Select All Items |
Selects all items in the list. |
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Deselect All Items |
Clears all selected items. |
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Invert Selection |
Clears all selected items, and selects all unselected items. |
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Add a Link to a New Item |
Starts the dialog for creating new links (see Editing Link Attributes). |
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Add a Link to an Existing Item |
Starts the Search for Items dialog so you can add items to the table (see Search for Items). |
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Delete the Selected Links |
Deletes the links that are currently selected in the list of existing links (see Editing Link Attributes). |
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Move Up the Selected Links |
Moves the selected links up in the list by one position (see Editing Link Attributes). |
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Move Down the Selected Links |
Moves the selected links down in the list by one position (see Editing Link Attributes). |
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Attribute Info |
Opens the Meta Information view, which displays a short description of the attribute’s purpose. |
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View Menu |
Opens the local drop-down menu. Its commands correspond to the other local toolbar commands listed in this table. |
Toolbar for Namespace Attributes
This toolbar provides the commands for modifying namespace attributes. The table lists all the available icons in the toolbar for namespace attributes.
Command | Function | |
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Customize Columns |
Opens the Select Table Columns dialog, which lets you select the columns that should be displayed. |
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Select All Items |
Selects all items in the table. |
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Deselect All Items |
Clears all selected items. |
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Invert Selection |
Clears all selected items and selects all unselected items. |
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Create a New Namespace Member and Assign it to the Attribute |
Opens the New Item dialog so you can add items to the namespace (see Creating an item). |
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Assign Unclassified Namespace Members to the Attribute |
Displays a list of unclassified namespace members so you can add them to the table. The icon is available only for subject areas that support unclassified namespace members (that is, subject areas of Release 3.7). For more information on subject area releases, see Working on Subject Areas |
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Detach the Selected Namespace Members from the Namespace Attribute |
Detaches the selected items from the namespace attribute (that is, the items become unclassified namespace members). The icon is available only for subject areas that support unclassified namespace members (that is, subject areas of Release 3.7). For more information on subject area releases, see Working on Subject Areas. |
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Move Up the Selected Relationships |
Moves the selected relationships up in the list by one position. The icon is enabled only for namespace attributes defined with a significant relationship order. For more information on defining namespace attributes, see the Working on Subject Areas. |
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Move Down the Selected Relationships |
Moves the selected relationships down in the list by one position. The icon is enabled only for namespace attributes defined with a significant relationship order. For more information on defining namespace attributes, see the Working on Subject Areas. |
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Attribute Info |
Opens the Meta Information view, which displays a short description of the attribute’s purpose. |
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View Menu |
Opens the local drop-down menu. Its commands correspond to the other local toolbar commands listed in this table. |
Toolbar for Unclassified Namespace Members
This toolbar provides the commands for modifying unclassified namespace members. The table lists all the available icons in the toolbar for nclassified namespace attributes.
Command | Function | |
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Customize Columns |
Opens the Select Table Columns dialog, which lets you select the columns that should be displayed. |
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Select All Items |
Selects all items in the table. |
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Deselect All Items |
Clears all selected items. |
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Invert Selection |
Clears all selected items, and selects all unselected items. |
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Delete the Selected Namespace Members |
Removes selected items from the namespace (that is, the items are deleted). |
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Attribute Info |
Opens the Meta Information view, which displays a short description of the attribute’s purpose. |
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View Menu |
Opens the local drop-down menu. Its commands correspond to the other local toolbar commands listed in this table. |
Diagram Toolbar
The diagram toolbar contains these commands for opening or activating diagram-specific views, for modifying the diagram display, for working with the items in the diagram, and for exporting the diagram. The table lists all the available icons in the diagram toolbar.
Command | Function | |
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Overview |
Opens/activates the Diagram Overview. |
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Contents |
Opens/activates the Contents view. |
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Tree Layout |
Rearranges the diagram in tree layout. |
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Hierarchy Layout |
Rearranges the diagram in hierarchy layout. |
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Net Layout |
Rearranges the diagram in net layout. |
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Zoom In |
Zooms into the diagram. |
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Zoom Out |
Zooms out of the diagram. |
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Grid |
Displays an internally defined grid on the diagram. |
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Align on Grid |
Aligns diagram elements on the grid. |
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Print Grid |
Displays a grid on the diagram that corresponds to print pages. |
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Rectilinear Line Style |
Switches between rectilinear and angular line shapes. |
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Select All Items |
Selects all items in the diagram. |
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Deselect All Items |
Clears all selected items. |
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Invert Selection |
Clears all selected items and selects all unselected items. |
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Add Items |
Starts the Search for Items dialog so you can add items to the diagram (see Search for Items). |
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Show Relationships |
Adds relationships between items to a diagram. When items are added to a diagram, the relationships between them and previously present items are not automatically updated. To update them, select the desired items and then click this icon. |
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Detach Items/ Relationships |
Detaches items and/or relationships from the current report (but not from the database). |
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Redisplay Hidden Items |
Redisplays items that were hidden in the current report. |
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Hide Items |
Hides items in the current report. |
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Search for Items in List |
Runs an item search based on complex search conditions. Searches in a list of items (that is, items selected in the currently displayed diagram). |
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Show as |
Lets you display the current report in any of the display modes: relationship tree, item table, table, or diagram. |
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Menu |
Opens the local drop-down menu. Its commands correspond to the other local toolbar commands listed in this table. |
Relationship Tree and Item Table Toolbar
Relationship tree views and item table views display items in a hierarchical format to show the relationships between them. They have almost identical toolbars:
Command | Function | |
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Customize Columns |
Opens the Select Table Columns dialog, which lets you select the columns that should be displayed. |
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Expand One Level |
Expands all currently visible tree branches in the report to the next level down. |
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Expand All |
Expands tree branches in the report. |
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Collapse All |
Collapses all tree branches in the report. |
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Enable Sort by Columns |
Enables/disables the view’s sort buttons. |
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Select All Items |
Selects all items in the tree. |
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Deselect All Items |
Clears all selected items. |
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Invert Selection |
Clears all selected items and selects all unselected items. |
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Add Items |
Starts the Search for Items dialog so you can add items to the relationship tree or item table (see Search for Items). |
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Detach Items/ Relationships |
Detaches items and/or relationships from the current report (but not from the database). |
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Search for Items in List |
Runs an item search based on complex search conditions. Searches within the set of selected items in the currently displayed relationship tree or item table. |
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Format View as |
Exports the report to an HTML or Excel file in the temporary Windows directory. |
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Show as |
Lets you display the current report in any of the display modes: relationship tree, item table, table, or diagram. |
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Menu |
Opens the local drop-down menu. Its commands correspond to the other local toolbar commands listed in this table. |
Table Toolbar
Table reports display items in a flat list. They provide these toolbar commands:
Command | Function | |
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Customize Columns |
Opens the Select Table Columns dialog, which lets you select the columns that should be displayed. |
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Enable Sort by Columns |
Enables/disables the table’s sort buttons. |
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Select All Items |
Selects all items in the table. |
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Deselect All Items |
Clears all selected items. |
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Invert Selection |
Clears all selected items and selects all unselected items. |
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Add Items |
Starts the Search for Items dialog so you can add items to the table (see Search for Items). |
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Detach Items/ Relationships |
Detaches items and/or relationships from the current report (but not from the database). |
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Search for Items in List |
Runs an item search based on complex search conditions. Searches within the set of selected items in the currently displayed table. |
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Format View as |
Exports the report to an Excel or HTML file in the temporary Windows directory. |
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Show as |
Lets you display the current report in any of the display modes: relationship tree, item table, table, or diagram. |
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Filter Items |
Opens the Filter Items dialog, which is explained in detail in Filtering Items. |
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(Search string field) |
Limits the visible items when a search string is entered. The search string can contain wildcards. |
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(Filter Column drop-down list) |
Specifies the column to which the filter applies. |
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Menu |
Opens the local drop-down menu. Its commands correspond to the other local toolbar commands listed in this table. |
Search View Toolbar
Search views are opened, for example, via the menu commands QuerySearch for Items and QuerySearch for Items in List.
Like all other query results, search views are located in the Editor frame. Search views have a query-specific display mode: They consist of several tabbed subpages for formulating complex search conditions, and a table for displaying the search result. Therefore, their toolbar commands are similar to those of table reports:
Command | Function | |
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Set Namespace |
Sets a namespace for the next search operation. |
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Customize Columns |
Opens the Select Table Columns dialog, which lets you select the columns that should be displayed. |
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Enable Sort by Columns |
Enables/disables the table’s sort buttons. |
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Select All Items |
Selects all items in the table. |
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Deselect All Items |
Clears all selected items. |
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Invert Selection |
Clears all selected items and selects all unselected items. |
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Add Items |
Starts the Search for Items dialog so you can add items to the table (see Search for Items). |
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Detach Items/ Relationships |
Detaches items and/or relationships from the current report (but not from the database). |
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Search for Items in List |
Runs an item search based on complex search conditions. Searches within the set of selected items in the currently displayed search result table. |
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Format View as |
Exports the item list to a CSV or Excel file. |
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Filter Items |
Opens the Filter Items dialog, which is explained in detail in Filtering Items. |
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(Search string field) |
Limits the visible items when a search string is entered. The search string can contain wildcards. |
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(Filter Column drop-down list) |
Specifies the column to which the filter applies. |
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View Menu |
Opens the local drop-down menu. Its commands correspond to the local toolbar commands listed above. |