Properties view

The Properties view gives detailed information about an entity's properties, such as name, type, length, and owner. This can help you determine whether you have located the entities you are looking for. The Properties view has two tabs:

  • The Entity tab, which shows the properties of one entity at a time
  • The Entity List tab, which shows the properties of multiple entities at one time

The Entity tab shows each property of the entity and its value in a row. Properties that do not have a value are not included on the tab. A + sign in the value field indicates that the property has more than one value. Mouse over the + to see a list of all of the values.

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The Entity List tab shows each property in a column, which allows users to sort multiple entities by property.

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Note

The ID shown in the ID column is assigned by the database to uniquely identify the entity. The Owner indicates the owner of an entity if the entity type is owned by another entity type. For example, data items are owned by programs.


Note

To close the Properties view, from the View menu, select Properties>None. To reopen the Properties view, from the View menu, select Properties>Entity or Properties>Entity List.

To populate the (single) Entity tab

  1. Select the Entity tab in one of the following ways:

    • Click the ta
    • From the View menu, select Properties>Entity.
    • Right-click the entity and select Properties>Entity.
  2. Select from the Entities view the entity for which you want to view properties. The Entity tab shows the entity's properties with one row for each property.

Note

If you select more than one entity in the Entities view, the Entity tab shows the properties of the last entity selected.

To populate the (multiple) Entity List tab

  1. Select the Entity List tab in one of the following ways:

    • Click the ta
    • From the View menu, select Properties>Entity List.
    • Right-click any of the selected entities and select Properties>Entity List.
  2. Select from the Entities view the entity or entities for which you want to view properties. The Entity tab shows the properties with one column for each property. Entities are added to the Entity List tab in the order in which they were selected from the Entities view.

Note

Select more than one entity by holding down Shift or Ctrl while clicking. Select all entities in a folder by selecting the folder. When more than one entity type is selected, the Entity List displays all combined properties.


Note

Sort the Entity List tab by property by clicking a column.

 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*