Using Attributes with the Sheet Editor in Collaborative IP Management

Explore a product, expand it and select the objects for which you want to modify attributes.

Click the command.

The Sheet Editor appears. There is a row corresponding to each of the selected objects.

To modify an attribute value for a selected object, click the attribute, type the new value, and press Enter.

The modification status is indicated in the leftmost column:

: attributes in the row have been modified and the modifications are compliant with the Business Rules check.
: attributes in the row have been modified but warnings have been raised by the Business Rules check.
: attributes in the row have been modified but errors have been raised by the Business Rules check.

To revert to the original attribute values of a modified object, select the object row and click Revert Selected Row

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To revert to the original attribute values of all modified objects, click Revert All

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To remove a row from the Sheet Editor, click Remove Selected Rows

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Warning: Once you remove a row, you cannot recover it in the current Sheet Editor.

To filter the attributes that are displayed in the Sheet Editor, click Filter Attributes

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To modify the displayed attributes, you can select and unselect the displayed entries.

The attributes in the Sheet Editor are filtered accordingly.

To save your changes, click Commit

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There are four states represented by the Commit icon:

: the modified attributes are all valid and you can commit them
: some of the modifications have raised warnings, you can still commit them, but you have been warned.
: some of the modifications are not valid, you cannot commit them.
: there are no modifications to commit.

To exit the sheet editor, press Escape or close the sheet editor.