The Details tab contains details such as a visualization image of the object, status and attributes, any applicability information, description, and a Where Used table where you can view any higher level objects that include the structure in their structures.

It also contains service structure tables that display information structures and publication structures associated with the product or library. For more information, see The Service Structures Tables.

The Structure tab displays the hierarchy and content of the structure. You can also publish and view a representation of the structure. For information on the Structure tab, refer to Service Structure Editing.

Displayed for publication structures. The Representations tab contains a table displaying published representations and annotations of the publication structure. You can also monitor a publishing job and create a new representation from this tab. This tab can be activated for other structures and components by creating a new tab and customizing the view. For more information, see Publishing from a Service Structure.

The Changes tab contains tables showing change related objects, such as Change Requests and Change Notices. See Change Information Tables for more information.

Opens the Create Translation Package window, in which you can select the languages for a translation package.

For more information on translation packages, see Translation Packages.

Opens the Cancel Translation Package wizard, in which you can select the languages for translation packages you wish to cancel.

For more information, see Cancel Translation Package

Enables you to open the selected object in another application. The following choices are available, depending on your selected object:

Checks in the selected object. This action is available only if you have permission to update the object, and it is currently checked out.

When an object is checked in, this action is disabled, and the Check Out action is enabled.

For more information on the check in action, see Checking In an Object

Checks out the selected object. This action is available only if you have permission to update the structure, and it is currently checked in.

When an object is checked out, this action is disabled and the Check In and Undo Checkout actions are enabled.

For more information on the check out action, see Checking Out an Object

Releases the reservation on a checked out object without saving any changes. No new iteration is created.

You can only undo the checkout of an object that you previously checked out.

For more information on the undo checkout action, see Undoing a Checkout

Opens the Edit Attributes window. From this window you can edit the attributes of the selected object. Editing the attributes changes the values for the current iteration of the object only. For more information, see Edit Attributes.

Opens an options selection window. From this window you can assign option choices to the object, either by selecting them from a drop-down list (basic expression) or by creating options statements based on AND and OR expressions (advanced expression).

For information on assigning option choices to objects, see Assigning Choices to Service Structure Objects.

For information on using advanced expressions, and the preference settings that control how the options selection window appears, see Defining Options with Advanced Expressions.

This choice is only available when the object is checked out and an option set has been assigned to the product or library that enables assigning choices to items. For more information, see Options and Choices.

Opens the Revise window, in which you can create a revision of the structure.

For more information on using this window, see Revising an Object.

Use the buttons in the window to collect any objects that are related to the structure and include them in the Revise action.

For more information on collecting related objects, see Collecting in Advanced Mode.

This action is only available for a checked in object.

The following actions are available in the drop-down menu:

Copies the selected object to the clipboard.

Use the > Quick Links > Clipboard menu option to view the clipboard.

Refer to About the Clipboard for information.

This action is only available for a checked in object.

Opens the Commonspace Save As window, enabling you to create a new object based on the selected one.

This action is only available for a checked in object.

Opens the Rename window, which enables you to rename all versions of a selected object.

For more information, see Renaming an Object.

This action is only available for a checked in object.

Opens the Move window, which enables you to move an object to a new location in a product or library.

For more information on using this window, see Moving an Object.

Use the buttons in the window to collect any objects that are related to the structure and include them in the Move action.

For more information on collecting related objects, see Collecting in Advanced Mode.

This action is only available for a checked in object.

Opens the Delete window, which enables you to delete an object and its iterations and revisions.

For more information, see Deleting an Object.

This action is only available for a checked in object.

Opens the Publish Representation window, enabling publishing. Published representations appear in the Representations tab.

For more information, see Publishing from a Service Structure.

Provides a submenu of the following actions:

Provides a submenu enabling you to compare the current selection in the following areas:

For more information, see Set as Primary Information Structure.

Allows you to receive email notifications for selected events or actions performed on the selected structure. For example, you can receive notifications about whether a publishing action was successful or whether generating a service structure from a template was successful. See Creating a Subscription for more information.