Using the Lineage Work Area

Navigate through the lineage— Click the thumbnail viewer icon, , in the bottom right of the lineage work area. The thumbnail viewer in the lower right corner of the lineage work area contains the same portion of the lineage in the main lineage work area, in a miniature format. A smaller, transparent blue pointer covers a portion of the lineage diagram. Use the thumbnail viewer to navigate in a thumbnail view of your lineage to the point on which you want to focus.

View the history of an element— Place your cursor over an element, and a tool-tip shows a brief history of the element, including the date it was created, who created it, and the date on which it was modified

Focus on one element— To see the lineage of only one element, double-click the element

Move element— To move an element, left-click it and drag it to the desired location.

Sweep and move multiple elements— To move several elements at once, left-click and sweep over the appropriate elements. Then left-click any one of the selected elements and drag it to the desired location. All the selected elements will move to that location.

Undo— To undo an element move, right-click in the lineage work area and select Undo.

Redo— To redo an element move, right-click in the lineage work area and select Redo.

Zoom In—To get a larger view of the lineage, right-click in the lineage work area and select Zoom In.

Zoom Out—To get a smaller view of the lineage, right-click in the lineage work area and select Zoom Out.

Launch the Administration Services Console—Right-click in the lineage work area and select Launch Essbase Administration Services Console.

Edit properties— Right-click on the element and select Properties.

The dialog box for editing the element is displayed.

Edit Essbase properties— To edit the properties of an Essbase model, right-click on the model and select Essbase Properties.

The dialog box for editing the element is displayed.

Show deployment history— To see the deployment history of an Essbase model, right-click in the model and select Show Deployment History.

View Sample Data—Depending on how the selected element is constructed, different sample viewing options are available. To view the sample data for an element, right-click on the element.

If the caption binding and key binding expressions for the selected element are the same, only View Sample Data is displayed.

If the caption binding and key binding expressions for the selected element are different, both the View Sample With Caption Binding and the View Sample With Key Binding menu items are displayed.

If the key binding expression for the element is Delayed, then only the View Sample With Caption Binding menu item is displayed.