Value Assignment Functions

The following functions are available in characteristic value assignment:

Value assignment functions are used for both classification and finding objects.

Copying Characteristic Values to the Clipboard

You can copy the values to the clipboard and paste them to the same characteristics of the same or a different class. The function can be used across different class types, transactions, and sessions. The characteristics must be identical.

Even if you cut the values, they are saved to the clipboard, so that they can be pasted again.

When you paste the values from the clipboard, the existing values are overwritten or deleted. If you use this function on a multiple-value characteristic, you process all of its values. You cannot select individual values.

Printing Assigned Values

You can print the values that you assign when you classify an object. If you use object dependencies in the classification, you can also print the dependency for characteristics and characteristic values.

Choose List. You see a dialog box showing you the characteristics and the values you assigned. If there are object dependencies, you can display them for the characteristics and characteristic values.

To print the list, choose Print.

Hidden Characteristics

You can hide characteristics and characteristic values on the value assignment screen. This is done for the following reasons:

• Organizational areas

If the characteristics of a class are assigned to organizational areas, you can restrict the characteristics displayed according to organizational area (for more information, Class Maintenance in the topic Choose Organization Area ).

To do so, choose:

 Extras  Organizational area  in classifications.

• Characteristics Maintenance

In characteristics maintenance (or by overwriting in class maintenance), you can select the Hiddencheckbox. The characteristic is then not displayed on the value assignment screen. You can use object dependencies to infer a value for the characteristic.

• Dependencies

You can use dependencies to exclude characteristics and characteristic values from the value assignment screen For example, a precondition can determine whether a characteristic or characteristic value is displayed for value assignment (for more information, see Dependencies in the topic Object Dependencies in Classification).

To show the characteristics and characteristic values that are hidden by object dependencies, choose  Extras   User Settings  and then select the With Excluded Chars. checkbox. However, you cannot assign or select values.

Inconsistent Characteristic Values

Values can be inconsistent with other values in a class hierarchy or multiple classification. Choose the active Inconsistency pushbutton to get more information about inconsistent characteristic values.

See:

Inconsistencies in a Class Hierarchy

Inconsistencies in Multiple Classification