Viewing object details
View details of objects in the object viewer and in the Properties pane.
Organize objects in the Model Design Pane or in the Application Design pane. As you design your model or application, you can view objects in the pane in more detail by double clicking them. When you double click an object, details about the object appear in two places:
- the object viewer
- the Properties pane
The object viewer
Each object viewer has a tab with the name of the object and an icon that denotes one of the object types shown in the following table:
| Object type | Icon |
|---|---|
| Dimension |  |
| Subset |  |
| Cube |  |
| Cube view |  |
| Link |  |
| Process |  |
| Chore |  |
| Rules |  |
A visual representation of the object's structure appears as well. The view is different for each object type. For example, cubes viewers show a grid of two dimensions plus context filters for additional dimensions. Dimension viewers show a grid of members and properties. And link viewers show two objects being linked plus directional arrows that show how elements of the objects link to each other.
The Properties pane
The Properties pane lists properties of the currently selected object, such as name, object type, number of elements, and related objects. Some of the related objects contain hyperlinks. If you click one of the hyperlinks, the linked object opens in the object viewer.
One way you can use the Properties pane is to compare the object in the viewer with an object in the Model Design pane. For example, a cube appears in the object viewer. You click once on a second cube in the Model Design pane. The second cube's dimensions are listed in the Properties pane. You can now compare the Property pane dimensions with the object viewer dimensions.