Segment Overview

The Overview tab displays the label in a read/write mode. It also displays information specific to the instance in a read-only mode and provides access to the other tabs of the instance.

Description of the tab

Two sections are not tabs themselves. They are displayed in the Overview tab only: Alerts and Action Items and General information.

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

If information is displayed in each section, you can:
  • 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 arrows 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 that is related to the current instance is displayed in this section as a link. If you click this link, you automatically switch to the Problems view, where the line that corresponds to the error is highlighted. The error is explained and you can correct it.
General information displays the following fields:
Work context
The work context is the project from which you open the editor of the current instance. This project constitutes the starting point for the resolution of the dynamic links and references between the instances of the various projects. The projects hierarchy that is 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 that constitutes the work context is the lowest project of the hierarchy.

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

Name
The instance name is displayed in read-only mode. It is entered when the instance is created, and it cannot be modified later.
Label
Enter the label that identifies the instance. It will constitute a search criterion for a subsequent search.
The Keywords section displays the keywords, if any, already assigned to the instance.
The other sections are the following ones:

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