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Use

Once you overwrite the values of a characteristic in a class, the overwritten characteristic is no longer linked to the global characteristic. Any changes you make to the values of the global characteristic do not apply to the overwritten characteristic. However, if you define new values or change value descriptions for global characteristics, you may want these changes to be made in the overwritten characteristic, too. This is what the Update values function is for.

You can update the following:

  • New values

  • Value descriptions

Example

You have entered a new value for a global characteristic, and have entered descriptions in additional languages for an existing value. The characteristic is used in a class where the characteristic values have been overwritten. You can use the update values function to copy the new value and the new descriptions from the global characteristic.

Procedure

To do this, proceed as follows:

  1. On the characteristics tab of the class, choose Start of the navigation path Edit Next navigation step Characteristic Next navigation step Overwrite vals. End of the navigation path

  2. You see the characteristic values of the overwritten characteristic.

  3. Choose Start of the navigation path Extras Next navigation step Overwrite Next navigation step Update values. End of the navigation path You see a dialog box that shows the allowed values of the global characteristic.

  4. Select the Description indicator if you want to copy a new value with its description, or if you want to copy a new or changed description for an existing value.