workbench-PropertySheet
There are two types of Property Sheet views:
- Property Sheet view
An HTML5 property sheet view, shown here, which provides functionality such as interactive field editors and action commands, graphical web gauge display for points, and slot sheet details. Property changes that you make in this view are saved automatically.
- AX Property Sheet view
The default property sheet view for the
In the AX Property Sheet view, if you want to enter a URL, copy the value and paste it into the property sheet. When you change any property, its symbol will become red until you click Save.
AX Property Sheet Menus
The
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Views | Goes to any of the views of the selected component. |
| Actions | Perform any available actions on the component. |
| New | Create a new item of standard types. |
| Edit Tags | Opens the Edit Tags window, permitting you to add or remove tags on a component. |
| Make Template | Creates a template of the selected root component, collects all associated Px and graphic files, and invokes the Template view, allowing you to configure the template for deployment. |
| Cut | Copies to clipboard and after pasting the copy, deletes the cut item. |
| Copy | Copies to clipboard, copied item remains |
| Paste | Pastes the copied item from the clipboard |
| Duplicate | Makes a copy in the same location as the original item |
| Delete | Removes the item |
| Find | This menu item displays the Component Finder window. |
| Link Mark | Sets a selected component to your popup menu, making it temporarily available for “Linking From” or “Linking To” other points. |
| Link From | Allows you to link to a selected component from another component that has been marked, using Link Mark from the popup menu. |
| Link To | Allows you to link from a selected component to another component that has been marked, using Link Mark from the popup menu. |
| Relation Mark | Sets a selected component to your popup menu, making it temporarily available for “Relating From” or “Relating To” other points. |
| Relate From | Allows you to add a relation from selected component to another that has been marked, using Link Mark from the popup menu. |
| Relate To | Allows you to add a relation to a selected component from another that has been marked, using Link Mark from the popup menu. |
| Rename | Allows you to rename the selected component’s actual slot name (as it appears in the Ord). This menu item displays the Rename window. You can only rename one component at a time. |
| Set Display Name | Allows you to set a display name for the selected component (as it appears in a Nav tree, and in the Wire Sheet, and Property Sheet views). |
| Reorder | Opens the Reorder Points window, which provides the following commands for reordering points within the selected parent component.
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| Composite | This menu item opens the Composite Editor window. |
| Export | Exports a selected component to the oBix .xml format. |
| Config Flags | Allows you to assign or remove permissions flags on a component. This is available on properties in the AX Property Sheet view. Right-click a property to see the Config Flags window. |
PropertySheet Toolbar
The
| Button | Description |
|---|---|
| Back | Returns to the previous view ( ) .
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| Uplevel | Moves up one level in tree ( ) .
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| Sidebar | Shows the Sidebar options. |
| Recent Ords | Shows recent Ords. |
| Home | Moves up one level in tree. |
| New Folder | Creates a new directory. |
BQL is one Scheme used to Query in the
- BQL expression
- Select projection FROM extent Where predicate
You can create the Ord Qualifier, Select, FROM and Where portions of a Query.
Ord Qualifier
In the left window, you can select an Ord to use as the qualifier. It will immediately be placed in the BQL statement at the top when you select it.
If you select the history Scheme, your options will vary from those shown here.
workbench:ProjectionBuilder
To build the projection for a BQL request instead of typing it, use the ProjectionBuilder in Bql Builder. You can select an
item from the center window to use with the select statement. Press the 
right arrow to add each one to the projection.
workbench:ExtentBuilder
An extent can be one or more of the following:
- "*" all available from the target
- all property slots
- all methods that return non-void and take zero parameters
In order to build the Extent for a BQL request instead of typing it, you can use the ExtentBuilder in Bql Builder. You can select the Restrict Type and choose the module and item to use with the FROM clause. It will immediately appear in the BQL statement at the top.
This also changes the items that are available in the projection.
If you choose a history Scheme, the ExtendBuilder will provide different selections. The extent for a History typically can be one of the following:
- "from /demo/Float" where demo is the station name
- "from !Float" where "!" signifies the current station
workbench:QualifierBuilder
To build the Qualifier for a BQL request, type the request in the QualifierBuilder of the Bql Builder. The text you type immediately appears in the BQL statement at the top.
Edit Facets
Edit Facets allows for the viewing and editing of facets. To change facets, use the button to the right of the facets. It opens the Edit Facets window.
From here you can Add, Remove or select the Enum Range window.
Add
Add adds a Key and Type.
Remove
Remove deletes facets.
Enum Range window
To view or set the range of values for a Enum, use the 
button. It opens the Enum Range window.
You can enter one of the standard Enumerations in the field under the Use Enum Type in Range (module:name).
Click the Use Enum Type in Range (module:name) to use the Enumeration that you entered. To enter or change an Enumeration, enter the Ordinal in the field above the Add button. Next, enter the new value for the Tag and click Modify. ClickOK to complete the procedure.