Working with Data Topics

Data topics can contain external data, such as data tables represented as formatted tables (a dataframe) or images represented as figures (an imageframe). You can review the steps used to generate data topics and validate changes made in Structured Document Editor.

When a data topic is added to Structured Document Editor, several steps are recorded. You can review these and any later automatic updates from the external data source.

You cannot add cross references, content references, or images to data topics.

Before you begin: Add data topics using the Structured Document Editor storage service REST interface with an external data management application such as BIOVIA Pipeline Pilot
See Also
Creating Topics
Working with Images
Managing Content Lifecycles
  1. Open the data topic you require.
  2. Click and select View Traceability.
  3. In the Data Traceability dialog box, review each operation contributing to the population of the data topic from the external data source.
  4. Optional: For each row in the traceability list after the initial import:
    1. For the Output column, click ... and review the output information.
    2. For the Parameters column, click ... and review the parameters for that automated step.
  5. Click Close.