Viewing and Editing Formula Properties

Every formula has a set of properties.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
Formulas and Batches
Creating a Formula
Cloning a Formula
Opening a Formula
Editing a Formula
Autosaving of Formulas
Rescaling Ingredient Weights
Formula Properties
Summarizing a Formula
Marking a Formula as Reviewed
Using Formulated Materials as Ingredients
Viewing a Formula's Genealogy
Closing a Formula

View Formula Properties

  1. Open the formula whose properties you want to view.
  2. Click Open/Close Dock in the vertical bar to the right of the formula grid.

    The Formula Properties pane opens.

    The Formula Properties pane has the following tabs:

    Weights. These properties define how batches of the formula are created (by weight, volume, or piece size), and how they are measured. For more information, see Formula Properties: Weights.

    References. These properties define general summary information about the formula (name, creator, date of creation, purpose, and so on). For more information, see Formula Properties: References.

    Genealogy. These properties describe the history of the formula through cloning of earlier formulas. For more information, see Formula Properties: Genealogy.

    Experiments. These properties list the Scientific Notebook experiments that include the formula. For more information, see Formula Properties: Experiments.

    Note: If you select a row in the table, properties are visible for the row, and not for the formula. To switch to properties for the formula, cancel the row selection.

Edit Formula Properties

You can edit the properties of a formula.

Note: The information in the Genealogy and Experiments tabs is read-only.
Note: Changes that you make to properties are queued immediately for saving. This means that if your computer loses access to the Formulation Design server, for example because of a network outage, you never lose more than a few seconds of work. When you close a properties pane, all your edits are queued immediately for saving. Because properties are saved automatically, there is no user interface control for saving them.

Before you begin: To perform this task, you must have the Formulation Designer 3DS role.
  1. In the Weights tab, edit options.
  2. In the References tab, edit options.

Hide Formula Properties

When the Formula Properties pane is open, click Open/Close Dock at the top of the pane.
The Formula Properties pane collapses into a vertical bar.