You can use the Properties tool window to modify properties of model elements and grant or withdraw access rights to the elements.
Purpose
You can use the Properties tool window to modify properties of model elements and grant or withdraw access rights to the elements.
The window always shows the properties of the current selection. If more than one model element is selected then you can only edit their common properties.
To avoid mishandling, you can use the Properties tool window in a mode which requires you to activate it before use by clicking on the check box to the top-left in the Properties area.
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Create Property icon appears in the expanded Properties, Labels and Texts tabs with the Configure privilege; you can use these for opening a wizard for creating a stereotype property, a label or a text definition in a profile in the configuration.
Restriction
The result of the Create Property command does not appear in the change log as adding takes place in the configuration.
Due to technical reasons when locking the respective profile, the list of recently used commands is deleted (not Undo (Ctrl+Z)).
The created property can only be edited in the configuration editor, moved to another profile or deleted. This is why it is a good idea to always fill out all name and description fields.
Prerequisites
Your role has to have the access right for the selected elements if you want to change the properties. Edit Mode is not required.
If the Disabled Properties option is activated, then you need to activate the check box to the top-left in the Properties area to edit.
Structure
A check box which allows the properties to be edited if checked appears if the Disabled Properties option is activated.
The Properties tool window uses the following tabs, depending on the element.
- Properties
- Type System Options
- Labels
- Texts
- Image
- Access Rights
- Imported Profiles
Note
If a property, stereotype property, or label has the type "String" and the value is a URL, the field has a button that you can use to call the URL as its value.
Properties
Change the elements' properties and configured stereotype properties in the Properties tab.
You can use the configuration to suppress properties in the GUI display. The list of properties in the window is probably incomplete.
Attention
When selecting multiple elements please take extra care for properties which have an element list as a value. The corresponding change dialog is prefilled with the current value of precisely one of the elements of the selection. If the preallocation is adopted by clicking on OK in the dialog, the other elements selected are adapted accordingly.
Model administrators can use the $(model) and $(version) placeholders to set the model name displayed in the model editor for managed models in the Display Format property.
The model administrator can change the display of the model root and placeholders in the model editor. This allows the version to be displayed for existing versions.
As model administrator, you can see the following properties for the selected model root when the (InnoNotify) notification service is set:
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Export with Notifications
Sets whether existing notifications are exported or converted along with the model or not.
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Manage Notifications
The property is only visible if notifications exist in the model. These notifications can be active or inactive. The value displayed corresponds to the settings collected for all notifications. These can either be All Active or All Inactive. No Changes is used if there are both active and inactive notifications. Changing to another value also changes the user notification accordingly. Only no changes are made for No Changes.
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Notifications are Active
The property is only visible if notifications exist in the model. The property is activated when the first notification is created and it is deactivated when the last notification is deleted. You can temporarily (de)activate notifications by using the property without needing to change the settings for individual notifications.
The Create Property icon appears in the expanded tab with the Configure privilege; you can use this for opening a wizard for creating a stereotype property in a profile.
Type System Options
You can change the database element options for a database type system in the Type System Options tab.
You can use the configuration to suppress type system options in the GUI display. The list of type system options in the window is probably incomplete.
Labels
Use the Labels tab to modify configured labels or elements.
The Create Property icon appears in the expanded tab with the Configure privilege; you can use this for opening a wizard for creating a label in a profile in the configuration.
Texts
You can modify specification texts in the Texts tab.
Note
You can use the configuration to set for each specification text whether
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It shows a formatted text that can edit using the specification editor and be displayed with the specification preview.
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It shows an unformatted text that can be edited with the Properties tool window.
If a specification text is deleted, it is reset to the configured default setting.
The Create Property icon appears in the expanded tab with the Configure privilege; you can use this for opening a wizard for creating a text definition in a profile in the configuration.
Image
You can use a file selection dialog in the Image tab to select an image and assign it to the selected element (e.g. to a concept node or business resource). The assigned image is used for showing the element in diagrams as long as the respective display option is set accordingly in the configuration.
An image cannot be assigned during multiple selection.
How to Use the Keyboard
| Shortcut Key | Function | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Tab | Navigates to the next control element | Any changes made are adopted. |
| Shift+Tab | Navigates to the previous control element | Any changes made are adopted. |
| Space | Expand/reduce tab | For tabs |
| Space | Direct conversion of value | For check boxes |
| Space/Enter | Activate the button | For buttons |
| Enter | Adopt a modification | Not for multiple string properties |
| Esc | Cancel changes | |
| Shift+Ctrl+Home | Selection of start of text up to insertion point | In a text input field |
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