Viewing and Exporting a Tool Cloud

You can visualize a tool simultaneously positioned at every tag and export the collection of displayed tools as a resource.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: You have a task defined having a tool and one or more tags or tag groups.

Viewing a Tool Cloud

You can view the tool on each tag of a tag group simultaneously.

  1. Double-click a tag group.
    The Trajectory Editor panel appears.
  2. In the Trajectory Editor, click Display Tool Cloud for Tags .
    The Tool Cloud - Preferences panel appears, and you are prompted to select a tool.
  3. Select a tool in the work area.
    The selected tool appears on each tag of the tag group.

  4. Close the Trajectory Editor.
    The tool cloud disappears.

Exporting a Tool Cloud

You can export a tool cloud as a resource.

  1. In the Setup section of the action bar, click Export Tool Cloud .
    The Export Tool Cloud - Preferences panel appears, and you are prompted to select a task, trajectory, or a product to which one or more trajectories are attached.
  2. Select a trajectory.
    The trajectory is added to the Target List.
  3. Click Select Tool and select a tool in the work area.
    The name of selected tool appears in the Tool box, and tool appears at each tag in the trajectory.
  4. Enter an Instance Name for the tool cloud to be exported.
  5. Click Export.
    The tool cloud is exported and created as a resource under the parent of the selected tool.