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Edit View Element

This dialog appears when you right-click any view element of a business view and select Edit from the shortcut menu in the Catalog Manager. It helps you to edit the specified view element.

The dialog contains two tabs: General and Security.

OK

Applies all changes and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Does not retain changes and closes the dialog.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

General

Sets properties for the view element.

Edit View Element dialog - General tab

Display Name

Specifies the display name of the view element. An intuitive display name can help end users easily understand the element.

Mapping Name

Specifies the mapping name of the field to which the view element is mapped. Click to select the field.

Type

Specifies the type of the view element: Group, Aggregation or Detail.

Aggregate Function

Available only when the view element is an aggregation. It specifies the function for the aggregation object.

Customized

Available only when the type of the view element is defined as Aggregation. If checked, you can create a custom aggregation by writing a formula.

Tip

Specifies the tooltip of the view element, which will be shown when end users hover the mouse pointer over it in the business view resource tree at server runtime.

Description

Specifies the description of the view element.

Security

Specifies user accessibility to elements of the business views in the current catalog data source. For details about options in the tab, refer to the Edit Business View Security dialog.

Edit View Element dialog - Security tab

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