Refresh button on the toolbar. The added repository objects will be displayed in the update structure.Object order is crucial when an update is created. Add or place the added objects in the update structure starting from parent objects or sources, which are absent in the target repository, and finishing with the objects that were created on their basis.
NOTE. When separating administrator roles and depending on the selected method of access control it is possible to add update elements available to user and also differences in work with update elements and managing object update options.
When an update is created, an added object can be used to create other objects, and he can use objects that must be included in the update. To determine object contents, use the Consists Of/Included In context menu items.
NOTE. The Included In item is available only in the desktop application.
If report preview is enabled in the repository, when reports are added to the update, their preview images are not added to the update because they are not part of metadata. To add images to update, set the Transfer Object Sketch parameter to Yes on update setup. After the update is applied, preview images are set to objects if the Allow Displaying of Objects as Icons without Taking into Account Object Access Permissions checkbox is selected in the target repository's security manager.
To add an object to update from the navigator select the Add to Update item in the object's context menu. After executing the operations the object is added to the update. In the web application the icon of the object added to update is indicated with a red marker in the object navigator.
If an object contains nested objects, select an option of adding the object to update:
Select the Add to Update > Without Nested Objects context menu item to add the object without its child objects.
Select the Add to Update > With Nested Objects context menu item to add the object with its child objects.
To refresh the update structure in the update wizard or update manager, click the Refresh button on the toolbar. The added repository objects will be displayed in the update structure.
To add repository objects, use the toolbar or the Repository tab.
NOTE. The web application contains only the toolbar.
Add repository objects from the toolbar
Add repository objects from the Repository tab
If for dictionaries added to update (including MDM dictionaries) the following child objects were set up: selection schemas, groups of elements or import/export schema of MDM dictionaries, the child objects will be displayed in the update structure as nested.
NOTE. On separating administrator roles and depending on the selected method of access control there may be differences on working with update elements and also in the parameters control of the object update.
If the Workbook object type is added to the update, the target repository must contain a measures dictionary with the MEASURES identifier or a units dictionary with the UNITS identifier to correctly update objects.
Some types of repository objects show special features when they are added to update:
To update object attributes when attribute-based access control method is used, add the repository object to the update, to which attributes belong. Attributes will be transferred with the object.
Object text viewing is available for objects of the following classes: Form, Unit, Query, Procedure, and DBMS Command in the desktop application.
To search for repository object on the Repository tab, select the Search item in the selected object's context menu. The object search dialog box opens.
To view object properties and modifications on the Repository tab, select the item in the selected object's context menu item:
Properties. A dialog box opens for viewing standard object properties.
Version Log. The Version Log dialog box opens that enables the user to get information on user(s) who has(have) changed the object within a specified period of time. The item is absent if the user has no privilege to view access protocol.
NOTE. Viewing object properties and changes is available only in the desktop application.
Object contents and inclusion in objects are determined using the context menu item of the selected object:
Consists Of. It displays a hierarchical list of objects that are used on creating the selected object.
NOTE. The list for all MDM dictionary types does not display the documents, to which imported attributes or attributes that are used to create links with other dictionaries refer.
Included In. It displays a hierarchical list of objects that contain the selected object.
NOTE. The Included In command is available only in the desktop application.
After executing the operations the Consists Of or the Included In dialog box opens:
To add objects to the update:
Select the checkboxes next to objects or using the context menu item:
Select All. All objects missing in the update are selected.
Deselect. All checkboxes will be deselected.
Click the Add to Update button.
After executing the operations the selected objects will be added to the update.
An appropriate message is displayed if the user tries to select an object that already exists in the update.
NOTE. The Consists Of and Included In commands are available only on update creation, they are unavailable if the user opens an already created update.
See also:
Creating an Update | Object Modifications Analysis
Add Object to Update button:
