Viewing Cross-Referenced Items in Relationship Navigator

About Viewing Cross-Referenced Items

Viewing Cross-Referenced Items assists you in obtaining a pictorial representation of the mapped links that exist between an item and its manufacturers, suppliers, and internal items.  The Relationship Navigator window allows you to drill down into the item's links, displaying all its relationships in one consolidated view.  This view into the items' association with other objects within the database not only helps you to understand the relationships of each of the items, but also the impact of change as it relates to these items and their associated objects.

When Viewing Cross-Referenced Items

  • The item relationships displayed in the Relationship Navigator window are solely based upon the type of item selected for the cross-referencing functionality.

Accessing Relationship Navigator

Within CES, there are many methods of accessing the Relationship Navigator window. To complete the scenario below, select one of the following methods to access the Relationship Navigator window:
 
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Search Results Window
  1. From the Search Results window, select the item that you want to send to Relationship Navigator.

  2. Click the Add to Navigator button

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Right-click, and select Add to Navigator from the shortcut menu.

Properties Window
  1. From the Properties window, click the Add to Navigator button.

How To View Cross-Referenced Items

You can access Relationship Navigator using any of the methods listed above.  The procedure below explains how to work with an item in Relationship Navigator starting from the Search Results window.
  1. From the Search Results window, select the item that you want to send to Relationship Navigator and click the Add to Navigator button located on the toolbar, or right-click and select Add to Navigator from the shortcut menu.  The item is added to the Relationship Navigator window.

     

  2. Notice that the item in the Relationship Navigator window is prefixed by a icon.  This feature identifies this item as a Manufacturing Item.  Respectively, a icon is used to mark a Supplier Item, and a icon is used to identify an Internal item. To view the various relationships that exist between the selected item and its linked items, click the Plus Sign located to the right of the item to expand its relationships.  The items that are linked to the item node appear.

  3. Continue to expand each node to display the various relationships that exist between the item and its linked items.

The Relationship Navigator Window

This table describes the fields displayed in the Relationship Navigator window.

Fields Description
Find Searches for the items in Relationship Navigator based on the criteria entered.


This table describes the buttons displayed in the Relationship Navigator window:

Button Menu Name Description
Reset View Indicates the zoom level of the graph.  Resets the view of the graph back to 100% in Relationship Navigator.
Zoom In Enlarges the size of the items up to 400% in Relationship Navigator.
Zoom Out Decreases the size of items down to 25% in Relationship Navigator.
Zoom All Fits all objects in the Relationship Navigator window.
Show Overview Provides you with an overview of the items that you have added to Relationship Navigator in a separate window.  You can also resize the Show Overview window.

The Show Overview window is helpful particularly when you have a large number of items in your Relationship Navigator session, or you have enlarged your items to expand beyond the window.  In this case, the Overview window displays a small box, which can help you in navigating the items and their relationships.

You can click inside the box to move it around in the Overview window.  when you do this, your view in the Relationship Navigator changes accordingly.

Clear the Graph Removes all of the items that are currently displayed in the Relationship Navigator window.  This removal does not delete the items from the database, but only removes the items from the navigation window.
Refresh the Graph The Relationship Navigator window is updated with changes made to the item tree.
Save Current Graph Session
  • Provides you with the ability to save your graph session.
  • Creates a MySession folder in the Favorites view, if one doesn't already exist.
  • Allows you to save your sessions for later viewing.
Generate Reports Provides you with the ability to generate reports on the current graph, based on the root item.