Displaying and Copying Node Attributes

The Display context menu item enables you to display a node path with or without context, and the tree address.

*  To display a node path:

  1. From the node hierarchy, select a node.

    For example, in Sample_en_esm.bqy, select Rpt.DocComp [DataModel].

  2. Right-click the node, and select Display, then Path (No Context).

    Path is displayed with the following information; for example, /BQY/Root.MyDocument/Rpt.DocComp.

  3. To close the message box, click OK.

*  To display a node path with context:

  1. From the node hierarchy, select a node.

    For example, in Sample_en_esm.bqy, select Rpt.DocComp [DataModel].

  2. Right-click the node, and select Display, then Path (With Context).

    Path With Context is displayed with the following information; for example, /BQY/Root.MyDocument/Rpt.DocComp[RptName='DataModel'].

  3. To close the message box, click OK.

*  To display a node tree address:

  1. From the node hierarchy, select a node.

    For example, in Sample_en_esm.bqy, select Rpt.DocComp [DataModel].

  2. Right-click the node, and select Display, then Tree Address.

    Tree Address is displayed with the following information; for example, [1, 0, 0, 23].

  3. To close the message box, click OK.

Alternatively, the Copy To Clipboard context menu item enables you to copy and paste the information that is displayed under the Display context menu into a text editor; for example, Notepad.

*  To copy and paste a node path:

  1. From the node hierarchy, select a node.

    For example, in Sample_en_esm.bqy, select Rpt.DocComp [DataModel].

  2. Right-click the node, and select Copy To Clipboard, then Path (No Context).

  3. Open a text editor; for example, Notepad.

  4. Press Ctrl+V to paste the node path into Notepad.

    For example, /BQY/Root.MyDocument/Rpt.DocComp is pasted.

*  To copy and paste a node path with context:

  1. From the node hierarchy, select a node.

    For example, in Sample_en_esm.bqy, select Rpt.DocComp [DataModel].

  2. Right-click the node, and select Copy To Clipboard, then Path (With Context).

  3. Open a text editor; for example, Notepad.

  4. Press Ctrl+V to paste the node path into Notepad.

    For example, /BQY/Root.MyDocument/Rpt.DocComp[RptName='DataModel'] is pasted.

*  To copy and paste a node tree address:

  1. From the node hierarchy, select a node.

    For example, in Sample_en_esm.bqy, select Rpt.DocComp [DataModel].

  2. Right-click the node, and select Copy To Clipboard, then Tree Address.

  3. Open a text editor; for example, Notepad.

  4. Press Ctrl+V to paste the tree address into Notepad.

    For example, [1, 0, 0, 23] is pasted.