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Service Structure Information Page
The information page for an information structure or a publication structure provides tools for managing the collection of information associated with a structure. The page has menu actions and tabs for managing information about the structure. On the Actions menu, you can perform a variety of actions on the structure.
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Administrators can modify the tabs that are viewable to you.
Tabs
The following tabs are available on the information page:
Tab
Description
Details
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.
Structure
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.
Representations
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.
Changes
The Changes tab contains the Associated Changes table showing change related objects, such as change requests and change notices. See Associated Changes Table for more information.
You can customize the tabs that appear on each information page to display the information most useful to you. For more information, see Customizing Information Page Tabs.
Actions Menu
Information pages contain a list of menu actions available from the upper left area of the page. See Actions Common Among Objects for a list of actions available in Windchill. The availability of these actions depends on the status of the structure or the objects it contains, as well as your access to it. For more information about status indicators, see Object Status.
The following actions are of particular interest:
Action
Description
Create Translation Package
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.
Cancel Translation Package
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
Open In
Enables you to open the selected object in another application. The following choices are available, depending on your selected object:
• Open in Creo View — Launches the default representation in Creo View. If there is no default representation, Creo View opens with no representation.
• Open in Information Structure Editor or Open in Publication Structure Editor— Opens the structure in the Structure tab.
• Open All Topics in Arbortext Editor — Opens topics associated with the currently selected portion of the structure as a temporary document in Arbortext Editor. This option is available only in publication structures.
Check In
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
Check Out
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
Undo Checkout
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
Edit Attributes
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.
Assign Expression
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.
Revise
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.
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.
Copy
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.
Save As
Opens the Commonspace Save As window, enabling you to create a new object based on the selected one.
You can include dependent objects in the Save As table by changing the selection in the Dependents drop-down list to All. However, this does not include the objects associated with content holders in the table. To include those objects, select the content holders in the table and click on the toolbar to collect related CAD / Dynamic Documents related to content holders to the table.
This action is only available for a checked in object.
Rename
Opens the Rename window, which enables you to rename all versions of a selected 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.
This action is only available for a checked in object.
Move
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.
Delete
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.
Publish Representation
Opens the Publish Representation window, enabling publishing. Published representations appear in the Representations tab.
For more information, see Publishing from a Service Structure.
Add to
Provides a submenu of the following actions:
• Add to Baseline — Opens the Add to Baseline window, enabling you to add the most recent version of the object to a baseline. You can add one or more selected objects plus collected objects to an existing baseline or a new baseline you create. For more information, see Adding Objects to a Baseline.
• Add to Managed Collection — Opens the Add to Managed Collection window, enabling you to add the object to a managed collection. For more information, see Add to 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. Linking to Objects from the Notebook.
• Add to Package — Opens the Add to Package window, enabling you to add the object to a package. For more information, see Adding Content to a Package.
• Add to Project — Opens the Add Objects to a Project window. Then you can share or check out a selected object. You can also share or check out other related objects that have been gathered in a collector. For more information, see Adding Objects to a Project.
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If you want to collect all associated content with the objects that you have selected, click Collect related CAD/Dynamic documents to collect related CAD/Dynamic documents.
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 information structure, information group, publication structure, or publication section that you want 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.
Set as Primary Information Structure
Defines the current information structure as the primary information structure for the product or library. The primary information structure icon indicates which structure has been selected as the primary information structure.
For more information, see Set as Primary Information Structure.
Subscribe
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.
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