Configuring the display of the Source Ord

The Source Ord for a component may display the slot path or the handle Ord. The slot path associated with the component may change if you change the location of the component in the station. The handle Ord is a unique, short ID that does not change. This ID functions primarily in the background, however, you may configure the Source Ord to display it instead of the slot path to a component.

  1. Open a Relation Sheet for the component.


    In this scheduleLink example, the Relation Sheet shows the data link and displays the schedule component’s slot path Ord under the Other Path column as slot:/Home/WeeklySchedule/FirstFloorWeekly. This path is easy to understand.

  2. Double-click the Slot cell in the table row.
    An Edit window opens that shows the Source Ord, in this case, it is h:c24.
  3. Click the component chooser using the folder icon at the right hand side of the Source Ord property (BOrd fieldeditor).
    The Type selection window toward the bottom displays either Slot or Handle.

    In most cases, links and relations use the handle Ord because it is more fault tolerant of things like renaming the component, renaming a parent of the component, or moving the component. Whereas, if you use the slot path Ord as the reference, all of those sorts of changes break the link or relation.