Adding and Setting Up Workspace Objects

To add a repository object:

1. Click the Repository Object button on the toolbar.

2. Select repository object on the side panel.

To quickly search for repository objects, use the search string in the upper part of the side panel. Depending on the object display settings, enter name, identifier, or key of the searched object into the search string. Search is executed automatically while the searched text is entered into the search string. The list will display only the objects, which names, identifiers, or keys contain the entered text. To clear the search string, click the Clear button or press the BACKSPACE key.

To set up displaying of repository objects on the side panel, click the Show Object button and select display option in the drop-down menu:

• Name. Objects are displayed with their names. Default option.

• Identifier. Objects are displayed with their identifiers.

• Key. Objects are displayed with their keys.

Several options can be selected. Identifier and key will be specified in brackets.

To view objects that include the object and links between them, execute the following operations:

1. Select the object on the workspace using the mouse.

2. Select:

• The Included In > Show Objects item in the object's context menu.

For example, the Cube object is included in the express report, regular report and virtual cube:

• The Included In > Show Objects (recursively) item in the object's context menu.

For example, Cube is included in the express report, regular report and virtual cube. Virtual cube is included into express report which is included into three different Fore forms.

To view objects that the object includes, and links between them, execute the following operations:

1. Select the object on the workspace using the mouse.

2.  Select:

• The Consists Of > Show Objects item in the object's context menu.

For example, the Cube object consists of table and dictionaries:

• The Consists Of > Show Objects (recursively) item in the object's context menu.

For example, the Cube object consists of the table and dictionaries. The Table Dictionary dictionary consists of the Territories table and the Measurement Units and Territories tables consist of the Data database:

To add a line:

1. Select the required line type in the drop-down menu of the button containing a set of lines on the toolbar. Line selection button looks like the last selected line type.

2. Then put the cursor to the required line beginning, hold down the mouse button and move the cursor to the required line end. Release the mouse button.

For details about creating a line between objects, see the Creating Links Between Objects and Connection Points section.

Available line types:

• . Straight line.

• . Arrow.

• . Angular line.

• . Curved line.

To add a shape, select the required shape type in the drop-down menu of the button containing a set of shapes on the toolbar. Shape selection button looks like the last selected shape type.

Available shape types:

• . Rounded rectangle.

• . Rectangle.

• . Ellipse.

• . Triangle.

• . Tetragon.

• . Pentagon.

• . Hexagon.

• . Octagon.

Supported image formats: BMP, JPEG, JPG, JFIF, JPE, GIF, PNG.

To add an image:

1. Click the Image button on the toolbar. The file selection dialog box opens.

2. Select image file and click the Open button.

To select a single object in the working area, click the object.

NOTE. The object will be selected within the visible working area.

To select all objects in the working area, press CTRL+А.

To select several objects in the working area:

• Hold down the CTRL key and click each selected element one by one.

• Select the Cursor mode on the toolbar and use a frame to select elements:

1. Determine a group of objects to be selected.

2. Click and hold down the mouse button outside the group of objects to be selected.

3. Start dragging the mouse cursor. A rectangular frame appears:

4. Move the cursor until all required objects are within the frame.

5. Release the mouse cursor. All objects fully or partially located within the frame are selected.

On working with objects, standard operations with the clipboard.

Relative positioning of objects in the copied group is kept during the paste.

To delete the selected object:

To move one or several selected objects in the working area:

• Use the UP, LEFT, DOWN, RIGHT keys to move objects by one pixel.

• Press SHIFT+UP, SHIFT+LEFT, SHIFT+DOWN, SHIFT+RIGHT to move objects by 10 pixels.

• Press CTRL+UP, CTRL+LEFT, CTRL+DOWN, CTRL+RIGHT to move objects by 100 pixels.

To resize an object in the working area:

• Using the mouse:

1. Hover the cursor to the point located at object border. The cursor will change to a two-headed arrow.

2. Hold down the mouse button and stretch or shrink the object to the required size.

• Using the keyboard:

1. Press CTRL+SHIFT.

2. Resize the object by 1 pixel using the UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT keys.

After executing the operations the object is resized.

To rotate one or several selected objects in the working area:

• Select the Rotate item in the object's context menu and select rotation option:

• Rotate 90o Clockwise.

• Rotate 90o Counterclockwise.

• Manually (unavailable if a group of objects is selected).

To reorder objects in the working area, use the Bring to Front/Send to Back items in the objects' context menu.

To align objects relative to each other:

1. Select several objects.

2. Execute one of the operations:

• Select the Align item in the object's context menu.

• Click the Align button on the toolbar.

3. Select an object alignment option in the drop-down menu of the command/button:

• Align Left. The selected objects are aligned to the left edge relative to the leftmost object:

• Align Center. The selected objects are aligned to the center. The midpoint is calculated from the rightmost and leftmost objects and their dimensions:

• Align Right. The selected objects are aligned to the right edge relative to the rightmost object:

• Align Top. The selected objects are aligned to the top edge relative to the topmost object:

• Align Middle. The selected objects are aligned to the middle. The midpoint is calculated from the topmost and bottommost objects and their dimensions:

• Align Bottom. The selected objects are aligned to the bottom edge relative to the bottommost object: