Manipulating Objects Using the Right-Click Actions
You can change the way objects and relationships are displayed in Relationship Explorer.
When you right-click in the background of the Relationship Explorer window, the following actions are available:
• Display Mode—Change the orientation of object structures. Select Horizontal or Vertical.
• Item Display—Change the information displayed to identify an object. You can select:
◦ Thumbnail + Identity—The display of each object includes the thumbnail image or icon and the object identity attributes.
◦ Thumbnail—The display of each object includes only the thumbnail image or icon.
• Connector Display—Change the style of relationship connectors between objects:
◦ Curved—Curved lines are used to connect related objects.
◦ Straight—Straight-line segments are used to connect related objects.
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The curved/straight functionality is applicable only to structural relationships and is not available for peer relationships.
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• Close All–Close all items in the Relationship Explorer window. Confirm the action by clicking OK.
• Hide Downstream—Hide all selected objects including all downstream objects within the same structure.
• Show Hidden—Show all previously hidden items.
• Copy—Copy a selected item within Relationship Explorer.
• Paste—Paste the object within Relationship Explorer.
When you right-click an item in the Relationship Explorer window, the following actions are available:
• Saved Filters—Select a filter to apply to the product structure.
• Copy—Copy a selected item within the Relationship Explorer window.
• Highlight Instances—Highlight all instances of the selected object within the structures shown in Relationship Explorer.
• Hide Downstream—Hide all selected objects including all downstream objects within the same structure.
• Expand Upstream—Select the number of levels to expand the structure upstream from the selected object. If children objects are structurally related to more than one parent, you can select one or more parents from the selection pane to indicate which parents to expand.
• Expand Downstream—Select the number of levels to expand the structure downstream from the selected object.
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Expanding multiple levels at once may have a negative impact on performance.
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