Editing Properties in the Spreadsheet

You can modify the mandatory and identifying properties of the selected objects that are listed in the Spreadsheet. Additional properties can also be listed and modified.

Note: For those properties that have a predefined list of values declared in Data Setup, the Spreadsheet displays a list.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
About the Spreadsheet

Edit the Properties of the Selected Objects

  1. Select an editable cell in the Spreadsheet table.

    Tips:
    • You can multiselect objects, and then enter a value in the last selected row to modify this property for your selection.

      Note that you can edit the effectivity for a multiselection of objects only if their parents have common configurations. For more information about configuration and effectivity, see Configured Engineering User's Guide.

    • When you multiselect objects, activate the Anchor Balloon mode to display the commands in the title area.

  2. Depending on the selected cell, do one of the following:
    • Enter your property (text, real, or integer)
    • Select a value from the list (for example, select a port direction)
    • Assign an effectivity: Evolution or Variant (if you work in a configured environment)
  3. If you selected a multiline property (indicated by this symbol in the cell: ), press Enter to add a carriage return and then click Validate.

  4. If you selected a property with multiple values (indicated by an arrow icon next to the list of values), an editor panel appears. Use one of the following commands:
    • Add Value
    • Remove Value
    • Move Up
    • Move Down

    Important: For a multiselection of objects:
    • Click Remove uncommon values to remove all the values that are not shared by all the selected objects. By default, this option is cleared.
    • Modifications are applied to the selected rows. To select or clear all values, click Select all values or Deselect all values.

  5. To validate the modification, click outside the cell.

    Note: From the context menu, you can also:
    • Edit the properties by selecting Properties
    • Edit the effectivity by selecting either:
      • Configuration > Edit Evolution Effectivity of Instance
      • Configuration > Edit Variant Effectivity of Instance

      Note that the effectivity display is reduced in the Spreadsheet, to reduce the size of the cell:

      Effectivity display in the app (with Edit Properties) Effectivity display in the Spreadsheet
      (A and B) or (B and C) B and (A or C)

Edit Additional Properties of the Root Object

You can display the properties that are hidden when sorting the columns.

  1. Click Display Additional Properties .
    The Additional Properties dialog box appears.
    Notes:
    • (R) indicates that this property is related to a reference.
    • You can use the Display additional properties command to select multiple properties.
    • When the Display additional properties is selected, the command name becomes Hide additional properties
  2. Click a cell in the Value column to edit the property.
  3. Close the dialog box to validate the modification.