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Viewing and Editing Presentation Catalog Objects in XML

You can view and edit the XML description of Presentation Catalog objects such as requests, dashboards, filters and so on.

CAUTION:  If you change the XML code, you are changing the representation of the object in the Presentation Catalog.

To view the XML description of an object

1. In Catalog Manager, open the Presentation Catalog.
2. Navigate to the object.
3. Right-click the object in the Name column and choose Properties.
4. Click Edit XML.
5. When you are done viewing the XML definition, close the XML dialog box.
6. Click Close in the Properties dialog box.

To edit the XML description of an object

1. In Catalog Manager, open the Presentation Catalog.
2. Navigate to the object.
3. Right-click the object in the Name column and choose Properties.
4. Click Edit XML.
5. Make the changes in the Object XML area.

   NOTE:  When you edit the XML description of an object, Presentation Catalog checks only that the XML is well-formed; it does not check for any other errors.

6. Click Save.
7. Click Close in the Properties dialog box.