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Table of Contents Information Page
Table-of-contents objects allow you to include a table of contents in a publication structure.
The Table of Contents information page is a collection point for information related to a table of contents. You access the information page for a table of contents object in two ways:
• Clicking the name of the table of contents object or the information icon next to it in a table.
• Right-clicking on a table of contents object in a table or in a publication structure and selecting View Information from the menu.
From the information page, you can do the following things with a table of contents object:
• Perform actions on the object
• View and edit the object attributes
Tabs
The following tab is available on the Table of Contents information page. You can also add customized tabs that display the information most useful to you. For more information, see Customizing Information Page Tabs.
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Administrators can modify the tabs that are viewable to you.
Tab
Description
Details
The Details tab contains the table of contents information including a thumbnail representation of the object (if one exists), the object’s status, and attributes.
Actions
Information pages contain a list of applicable actions in a menu in the upper left corner of the page. See Common Actions for a list of actions available in Windchill. The availability of these actions depends on the status of the table of contents object, as well as your access to it. For more information about status indicators, see Object Status.
The following actions are of particular interest for this object:
Action
Description
Check In
Checks in the table of contents object. This action is available only if you have permission to update a table of contents object, and the table of contents object is currently checked out.
When a table of contents 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.
Check Out
Checks out the table of contents object. This action is available only if you have permission to update a table of contents object, and the table of contents object is currently checked in.
When a table of contents object is checked out, this action is grayed out from the list, and the Check In and Undo Check Out actions are enabled.
For more information on the check out action, see Checking Out an Object.
Undo Checkout
Releases the reservation on a checked out table of contents object without saving any changes. No new iteration of the table of contents object is created.
You can only undo the checkout of a table of contents object that you have previously checked out.
For more information on the undo checkout action, see Undoing a Checkout.
Edit Attributes
Opens the Edit Attributes window. From this window you can edit the table of contents object’s attributes. Editing the attributes changes these values for just the current iteration of the object.
Assign Expression
Opens an options selection window. From this window you can assign options to the table of contents 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 options choices to objects, see Assigning Choices to Service Structure Objects.
For information on using advanced expressions, and the preference settings that control how the option selection window appears, see Defining Options with Advanced Expressions.
This choice is only available when the table of contents object is checked out and an option set has been assigned to the product enabling assigning of choices to items. For more information, see Options and Choices.
Revise
Opens the Revise window, in which you can create a revision of the table of contents object.
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.
New
The following actions are available in the drop-down menu:
• New Change Request. For information, see Creating a Change Request.
• New Problem Report. For information, see Creating a Problem Report.
• New Promotion Request. For information, see Creating a Promotion Request.
Rename
Opens the Rename window, which enables you to rename all versions of a selected table of contents object.
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When auto-numbering is turned off or when it can be overridden, this allows you to renumber the object.
For more information, see Renaming an Object.
Move
Opens the Move window, which enables you to move a table of contents 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.
Delete
Opens the Delete window, which enables you to delete an object and its iterations and revisions.
For more information, see Deleting an Object.
Add to
Provides a submenu enabling you to add the table of contents object to the following areas:
• Add to Baseline — Opens the Add to Baseline window, enabling you to add the most recent version of the object to a baseline. You have the option to also collect the objects related to the structure.
• Add to Managed Collection — Opens the Add to Managed Collection window, enabling you do add the object to a managed collection.
• Add to My Notebook — Opens the Add to My Notebook window, enabling you to add the object to your notebook in the folder location you select.
• Add to Package — Opens the Add to Package window, enabling you to add the object to a package.
Compare
Provides a submenu enabling you to compare the current selection in the following areas:
• Compare Information — Opens the Find Object window to search for a structure to compare against the current structure.
Choose comparison options, and Search. After finding one or more matches in Search Results, you can choose one to compare.Comparison Options confirms your choices. Comparison results are displayed in the Comparison Report window.
For more information on comparing information, see Comparing Object or Version Information.
• Compare to Part Structure — Opens the Compare to Part Structure window, where you choose another publication structure to compare. After choosing the structure, you can compare them in the Compare to Part Structure side-by-side comparison window.
For more information on comparing two structures, see Compare to Part Structure.