Creating a New Item in a Class

About Creating a New Item in a Class

You can add a new item to a particular class from either the Category Browser Page, which appears when you select Search from the Administration pad, or the Results Page, which appears when you perform a Power Search, or View.

When you view the items of a class, the results are displayed in the Results Page.

How To Add a New Item in a Class from the Category Browser Page

This task explains how to ad a new item to a class from the Category Browser Page:

  1. Click Search in the Administration pad. Expand the classes until you locate the desired class.

  2. Click [N].

    The Edit Page appears.

  3. Enter the necessary data, either directly, or using the Valid Values option from the property drop-down list. You must enter data for all required fields.

  4. When you have entered the necessary data, click Insert.

  5. You will be notified of the success or failure of the insertion. At this point the Edit Page remains open. You can continue editing the new item, or proceed to other tasks.

How To Add a New Item in a Class from the Results Page

This task explains how to ad a new item to a class from the Results Page:

  1. Locate the class in which to insert a new item using Power Search or Viewing Items of a Class.

  2. From the Results Page, click Functions > Insert New Row(s).
     

  3. Enter the number of new items to create and click OK. A blank row is added to the top of the list.

    A blank row is inserted at the top of the Results Page.

  4. Double-click the class property in the row inserted, and enter appropriate valid values.

  5. From the shortcut menu, select Lookup Valid Values to display the Valid Values window.

    OR

    Select Select Item to display the Item Selector.

  6. Select the required class property in the Valid Values window or the Item Selector window, and then click OK.

  7. Set the other properties as desired. When you have set all necessary properties, click Update to save the changes to the database.

    The selected class property is inserted into the Results Page.