The Settings Window
The Settings window shows settings for the database object selected in The Databases Window or The Model Manager Window (depending on which window is focused). Click Link with Selection () to disable this automatic linking. You can still update the Settings window with a new database object by right-clicking the object and selecting Settings ().
You use the Settings window to see what is saved for an object in the database and update the object by changing its fields and clicking Save (). In contrast to the Settings windows in the Model Builder, the Application Builder, or the Physics Builder workspaces, changes made in the window are not automatically saved to the database. The Reset button () will be enabled when there are unsaved changes to an object shown in the Settings window.
Remember to click Save () to save any changes made to an object in the Settings window.
Model Manager will try to remember unsaved changes for an object during the program session: If you change some fields for a database object, select another database object in the Databases window or the Model Manager window (so that the Settings window is updated), and then return to the first database object, your unsaved changes for the object will be reapplied — allowing you to save the changes to the database at your convenience. Model Manager will also show a warning dialog box if you have unsaved changes when the Settings window is updated with a new database object.
You can disable the warning for unsaved changes — clear the Warn if the Settings window contains unsaved changes check box in the Preferences dialog box under Settings window on the Model Manager page.
When you click the Save button () for a model, file, or tag, a dialog box is shown in which you can provide an optional comment. Click OK to save a new version of the item. If you have made any changes in the tag tree in the Tags section, the assigned tags of the item are also updated. Clicking Save for any other database object immediately saves the changes to the database.
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Model Settings
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File Settings
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Tag Settings
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Branch Settings
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Snapshot Settings
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Repository Settings
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User Settings
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Group Settings
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Permission Template Settings
The Settings Window Toolbar
The toolbar in the Settings window contains the following toolbar buttons:
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Click the Link with Selection button () to enable or disable whether to automatically update the Settings window based on the current selection in the Databases window or the Model Manager window (which ever had focus last).
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Click the Save button () to write any changes made in the Settings window to the database.
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Click the Reset button () to reload the shown object in the Settings window from the database, thereby discarding any pending changes you have in the window. The button is disabled if no changes have been detected.