Editing the description - Continuous view tab

The continuous view tab provides an alternate view on the descriptive data. In the Summary data only the descriptors are included where data have been entered. At the right side there is a tool strip. The displayed buttons will change depending on the selected entry. The descriptor types categorical, quantitive, text and sequence are indicated by different colours and icons as shown in the example at the bottom. By pressing the button on the tool strip this example may be hidden. Descriptors that are marked as mandatory are displayed with light red text, descriptors that are inapplicable are greyed out. Additionally coloured background indicated possible problems, e.g. if an inapplicability rule has been ignored or a not allowed descriptor has been used. A tool tip text shows the error or warning reason when the mouse curser is moved over the element.

By pressing the button the tree view may be expanded to display the contained categorical states, quantitative measures or texts. By pressing the button the tree will be collapsed to descriptor level.

To insert a descriptor press , to delete a descriptor select the entry and press . If only a single value shall be removed, select the entry and use the button. All these functions can alternatively be accessed by the context menu by a right-click on the tree node.

If for a descriptor resources, e.g. pictures, are avaialble, this is indicated by the background color of the descriptor icon. Categorical states with resources are marked with icon (see first entries in picture above). The resources may be accessed by a right-click on the tree node and selecting context menu item View resources (see picture above).

 

Structured descriptor view

If for the project a structured descriptor tree is defined, i.e. a descriptor tree that contains at least one descriptor tree node, the Descriptor tree: drop-down list is shown below the descriptor tree (see image below left). If a descriptor tree is selected, the descriptor tree node hierarchy will be included in the output and the descriptors will be arranged accordingly. The names of the descriptor tree nodes and the descriptors will be reduced by parts contained in the supriour hierarchy nodes (see image below right).  

If for a descriptor tree node resources are available, this is indicated by the grey background color of the descriptor tree icon. The resources may be accessed by a right-click on the tree node and selecting context menu item View resources. Additional descriptor tree node information, e.g. an optional abbreviation or details text can be viewed as bubble help by placing the mouse cursor over the item.  

 

Editing summary data

A click on opens an edit window at the right part of the tab. This window provides the same functions as available in the descriptor view tab. The picture below shows the resource linked to a categorical state that can be opened by doule-clicking the state ID in the Categorical states section. 

 

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