Editing Classes Using Admin Browser

About Editing Classes Using Admin Browser

As Administrator, once you have found a class, as described in Searching Classes Using Admin Browser, you may very likely want to edit that class. Like searching, you can also edit the classes of the databases using the Power Search application of the Administrative Desktop Utility, or you can edit them using the Admin Browser in VPM Lifecycle Navigator Web. For more information about the Power Search application, refer to Power Search.

Once you have performed a search using Admin Browser, you get a list of the results in the AdminSearchResults window. If you select a result and right click, you can access the following:

  • Edit.
  • Bookmark

Bookmark is a standard function provided by VPM Lifecycle Navigator Web. The explanation of this function is beyond the scope of this topic. For more information on using this function, please refer to VPM Lifecycle Navigator Web User Guide : User Tasks : Creating a Bookmark.

When you select Edit from the contextual menu, the Edit Page appears. This page lets you:

  • Insert a new item
  • Save changes to the current item
  • Clear the current values given in the attribute text boxes
  • Delete the current item
  • Cancel the process and close the Edit window

 

When Editing Classes Using Admin Browser

  • You must be logged in to CES with Administrator privileges to access the Admin Browser.
  • Editing of a class item can only be done from the AdminSearchResults window.
  • From the AdminSearchResults window you can also use the New button to open the Edit Page window and create a new entry.
  • In the Edit Page, key fields are denoted by **. Required fields are denoted by *.
  • When you Clear the Edit Page or Delete the item currently displayed in the Edit Page, the Delete and Save buttons are disabled. The attribute information in the edit page is empty at this point, so there is nothing to save or delete.

How to Edit Classes Using Admin Browser

This task explains how to edit an existing class item, insert a new class item, and delete an existing class item, using Admin Browser:

  1. In the VPM Lifecycle Navigator Web environment, log on to CES, and search for a class, as described in the How to section of Searching Classes Using Admin Browser. Once you have a list of items displayed in the AdminSearchResults window, select one item.

  2. Right-click the selected item and from the contextual menu select Edit.

  3. In the Edit Page, the current values for the selected item are shown. The attributes displayed vary depending on both the class and the individual item selected.
     

  4. You can edit the current item by changing the current values. Values can be changed directly, by entering the new value in the text field, or, when applicable, using the Query Builder / Valid Values button  to the right of the text field. Query Builder and Valid Values are explained extensively in the CES Enterprise Navigator User Guide, so will not be covered here. For more information on Query Builder and Valid Values, refer to CES Enterprise Navigator User Guide : User Tasks : Searching the Database : Using Query Builder and CES Enterprise Navigator User Guide : User Tasks : Searching the Database : Using Valid Values. In this example, the Value attribute has been changed from NO to YES so the Pricing  and Availability tab will be displayed in the Properties window.

  5. Some attribute fields let you select the value using the Select Item button . This button displays the Item Selector Page, from which you can select the value to use. Just select the desired value and click OK.

  6. Back in the Edit Page, once you have made all the necessary changes, click Save to save the changes.

  7. In addition to changing existing items, you can also insert items. From the Edit Page, click Clear, just to clear the current attribute values.

  8. Now, enter the attribute values for the item you wish to insert and click Insert.

  9. If you repeat your search on this class, you will see your newly inserted item.

  10. Select this item, right-click and select Edit. The newly created item appears in the Edit Page.

  11. You may occasionally need to delete an item from a class. To delete an item, search for that item in the class, right-click on the item and select Edit to get it into the Edit Page. From here you can delete it. To delete this newly created item, just click the Delete button. The Edit Page reappears with all previous attribute values removed.

  12. At this point you can click Cancel to close the Edit Page. If you search the class, you will see your new class item has been removed.

  13. Please note that if you want to create a new entry, you can do that directly from the AdminSearchResults window using the New button.  Return to the AdminSearchResults window.

  14. Click the New button. The Edit Page appears.

  15. Enter the desired information and click Insert. Search the class again and you will see your new entry.