Explore the Database

To explore the project database hierarchy, click Explore in the Database group of the Admin tab. The Database explorer is then displayed:

Click the Engineering tab to view the Engineering hierarchy:

Click the System tab to view the System hierarchy:

The hierarchies are displayed in a standard Explorer tree-view.

Elements which have been claimed locally (see Manage Claims for further information) are displayed in bold. For example:

If the Track CE checkbox is checked, the attributes of the element currently selected in the hierarchy (the Current Element) are displayed to the right of the explorers.

When a different element is selected, the attributes of the element are automatically displayed.

The displayed attributes may be edited if required.

Note:
If the database has been set to Explicit Claim mode, before elements can be edited they must first be claimed. See Manage Claims for further information.
If an attempt to edit an unclaimed element in such a database is made, the edit will fail.
A message will be issued explaining why (see Messages and the Message Log), and the cell feedback color will be set to that indicating an unsuccessful edit (see Cells).

See also:

• Database - Attributes Tab

• Right-Click Menu Options