Work lists

Perspective  ARCAD Observer

The component work list is a temporary list into which field or component type elements can be transferred. This allows you to create groups of elements originating from different exploration result lists. You can manually add items to the component work list or import into it a whole lot of items from existing ARCAD lists.

Note

Whichever method you use to populate the work list, a uniqueness check is automatically launched. An element cannot be inserted into a work list if it already exists in the work list.

Important!

The component work list is a temporary list. When you close ARCAD Observer, the work list is emptied.

For ARCAD Observer, the  Components Work List is useful to group the items to use to document your application via the documentation features.

Reference

For more information about documenting applications, refer to Documenter.

The Components Work List view

You can add any type of component to the work list.

To add a component in this work list, right-click on a component in the Repository view, and select  Add to work list in the contextual menu.

The component is added to the work list. The Component Work List view opens automatically when you add a component to the list. Click the  Refresh icon if the component is not displayed in the view.

The Component Work List showing inter-application components

Note

Components in pink are components called by inter-application links. They do not belong to the current application.

You can remove components from the work list one by one or clear the list of all the components.

To remove one or several components from the work list, select one or more components in the view (Ctrl+click to select several components), then right-click and choose  Delete from current work list in the contextual menu.

To remove all the components from the work list, click the  Clear the work list icon in the Components Work List view.

Note

Components removed from the work list can still be found in the repository.

Follow the subsequent steps to import the components of an ARCAD list into the work list.

Step 1   In the Components Work List view, click the  Import List icon.

Importing components from an ARCAD list

Step 2   Select the ARCAD list in the dialog. The dialog displays all the lists available in all the libraries added to the list manager for the connected ARCAD Server.

Result   The components are added to the work list. If the component is not displayed in the work list, click the  Refresh icon of the Components Work List view.

The work list is only a temporary list of items and the content of this list is reset when closing ARCAD Observer. To be able to keep the content of the work list, it must be saved as an ARCAD list. You can save the items of the work list to an existing ARCAD list or create a new ARCAD list for that purpose.

Note

Saving items to an ARCAD list will not empty the current work list.

Follow the subsequent steps to save the work list.

Step 1   In the Components Work List view, click the  Save Work List icon.

Saving a work list in the library list

Step 2   Browse through the existing lists under the current server's node. Expand the libraries to choose the list where to save the content of the working list.

Step 3    Click Finish.

Result   The new list is saved to the Lists in the navigator.

Follow the subsequent steps to save the work list.

Step 1   In the Components Work List view, click the  Save Work List icon.

Step 2   Expand the Lists node under the current server's node in the dialog. The Save dialog allows you to create a specific ARCAD list to save the contents of the work list. if needed, you can also create a new library to save the list.

Create a new library

  • To create a new library, right-click on a the lists node and select  Create library.
  • Enter a library name. Click Finish.

Create a new list

  • To create a new list, right-click on a library and select  Create an empty list.
  • Enter a list name and description in the Empty list creation wizard. Click Next.
  • Click the Prompt command button. Define the parameters to use for the list creation command. Click OK.

The list creation command parameters

Step 3    Click Finish.

Result   The new list is saved to the Lists in the navigator.