Working List gadget
- Jon Finn
- xJon Finn (Unlicensed)
- Mark Fee (Unlicensed)
Information valid from AMI version 8.0 initial release
Summary
The Working List gadget lets you create and refine a collection of objects in a List structure.
Enter a list of object IDs or object names into the text area to add those objects as children of a selected structure point in the List structure.
Basic Options
Filter by Object Type
Filter your list to process only objects of a specific object type. If your List of Objects includes an ID or name of an object which is not of the specified type then that object will be ignored.
List Elements as
Specify whether your list contains Object IDs or Object Names.
If you use Object Names then your default language version will be used to match objects.
Delimiter
Specify which character or characters separate the elements in your list.
Select the Use whitespace characters as delimiter checkbox to treat any tabs or newlines (but not spaces) in the list as delimiter characters. This allows you to copy and paste cell values from third-party applications such as spreadsheets.
List of Objects
Enter your list of object IDs or object names here.
Apply Selected Results To List
The Working List Gadget allows you to manipulate lists in a few different ways. In this section of the interface you can specify what AMI should do with the objects you have entered.
Apply to list
Either select an existing object in the List structure or select New... add a new object in the List structure and link your objects to that.
Top Level List / Apply to sublist
If the gadget has Use sublists enabled, two drop-downs are available: Top Level List and Apply to sublist. These allow you to select a list structure point.
Top Level List lets you choose one of the immediate children of the list defined in the gadget.
When you've selected an object in Top Level Lists, the Apply to sublist shows that object's children. Either select one of these or select New... to create a new child of the Top Level Lists object.
Copy Descendants?
If selected, descendants of the objects are also added to the target list.
Show results
Choose when to see a summary of what happens when you select Apply.
- Always
- Only when there are errors
- Never
Select list after applying changes?
If selected, the list will become the current context when the operation completes.
Add / Remove / Replace / Intersect
Select the action to perform on your selected list:
- Add—Link your objects as children to the selected list object.
- Remove—Unlink your objects from the children of the selected list object, if they're linked there.
- Replace—Unlink all of the current children of the selected list object, and link the objects in your list.
- Intersect—Any children of the selected list object which are also present in your list of IDs or names will remain linked, but all other children will be unlinked.