Overview

The Model View Manager Tool is accessed from the OpenSpirit Desktop by clicking the Model View Manager tool bar icon ModelViewManagerIcon.gif or by choosing the Tools > Data Manager > Model View Manager menu item. The Model View Manager tool is used to inspect, create, and modify model views used by the OpenSpirit Data Selector and the OpenSpirit Scan Job Manager.

The table in the upper left corner of the Model View Manager window lists all of the model views that exist in your OpenSpirit installation. The model views are stored in the OpenSpirit metadata repository that resides in the OpenSpirit master installation.

The Default column indicates if a model view is the default model view for its type. Only one model view of a given type can be a default. Marking a model view as the default for its type causes the tools that use the model view to have it selected by default. For example, making a Data Selector model view the default causes the Data Selector tool to show it as the selected model view in its Data Source Selection window. Making a Scan Job model view the default causes the Scan Job Manager to show it as the default scan model view.

The Model View Name column shows the name of the model views.

The Version column shows the model view's version. Newly created model views are assigned version 1.0. The version number is incremented each time the model view is edited. Only the highest version of a model view is available in the Model View Manager.

The Type column indicates if the model view was created for use in the Data Selector, the Scan Job Manager, or in Studio Scan.

The Data Model column indicates the data model that the view is for.

The Visibility column indicates if the model view is available for use by all OpenSpirit users or only by the user running the Model View Manager. Private model views can only be seen and used by the user that creates them.

The Description column displays an optional textual description that is typically used to describe the purpose of the model view.

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The upper right section of the Model View Manager window is primarily used when creating model views. It can also be used to edit the description and properties of a model view. The bottom half of the Model View Manager window is used to browse and edit the details of the model view.