Rational Programming Patterns

User Entity Overview tab

In the Overview tab of a User Entity are displayed the label, in a read/write mode. Other information in a read-only mode are available such as the Meta Entity it is linked to and it provides access to the other tabs of the instance.

Description of the tab

Three sections are not tabs themselves. They are displayed in the Overview tab only: Alerts and Action Items, General information, and Generation parameters definition (on some entities).

All the other sections provide links to the corresponding editor tabs.

If information is displayed in each section, you can do either of the following tasks:
  • Click it if it is displayed as a link. You automatically switch to where the information has been specified.
  • Or click the More button to switch to the corresponding tab.

If no information is displayed in the section, click the sym located in front of the section name. It gives you access to the More button. Click it to access the corresponding tab.

The sections of the tab

Alerts and Action Items
Any problem related to the current instance (for example, if the instance calls another instance that has been deleted) is displayed here as a link. If you click this link, you automatically switch to the Problems view, where the line corresponding to the error is highlighted. The error is clearly explained and you can correct it.
General information displays the following fields:
Work context
The work context is the project from which you have opened the editor of the current instance. This project constitutes the starting point for the resolution of the dynamic links and references between the instances contained in the various projects of the location. The projects hierarchy declared in the design build path is explored in an upward direction.

If you click Hierarchy, you can see a partial view of the design build path. In this view, the project which constitutes the work context is the lowest project of the hierarchy.

More information can be found in the following topics: The work context and The design build path.

Name
The instance name is displayed in read-only mode. Ut is entered when the instance is created, and it cannot be modified later.
Label
Enter the label, which identifies the new instance. It constitutes a search criterion for a subsequent search.

Meta Entity

In this section, you find the name of the Meta Entity which the User is related to. Click the name of the Meta Entity to open it in an editor.

From the other sections, you can switch to the following tabs of the User Entity editor:
  • The Description tab, to organize the fields of the User Entity and enter their values.
  • The Documentation tab, to write comments on the User Entity,
  • The Keywords tab to specify the keywords of the current User Entity.

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