Select a topic to save an Oracle Empirica Signal attachment to

When working with Oracle Empirica Signal, you might generate output, such as data mining results, queries, or cases series that you want to save as attachments to specific topics.

When saving an attachment to a topic, available topics are those that you can edit, which may include those that you created, that are assigned to you, or that have been made visible to a work team that you are in.

Note:

You can’t add an attachment to a closed topic.

1. On the page in Oracle Empirica Signal where the information to save appears, click the Save to Topic link at the top of the page.

   When you save tabular data, such as run results, only the first n rows of the displayed tabular data can be saved, where n is determined by a site option. A message is displayed if not all the rows are saved. The number of saved rows and the total number of rows appear as hover help on the attachment name. Click OK.

2. On the Save to Topic page, enter the attachment name and optional description.
3. Choose an existing topic or create a new topic:
   • To add the attachment to an existing topic:
     1. Select Add to existing topic.
     2. In the Topic name field, enter the topic name or click Browse.

        If you browse for the topic, you can filter the Select Topic table using the drop-down lists that appear above the table. (Lists appear above the table if the topic workflow configuration you are using offers this feature.) For example, if you select a project, only topics matching the specified project appear.

     3. Select the topic you want and click OK.
     4. From the Action name list, select an action to associate with the selected topic.
     5. Click OK.
   • To create a new topic and add the attachment to it:
     1. Select Create new topic.
     2. From the Visible to work team drop-down list, select a work team or click the Browse link to display a list of work teams. Select a work team and click OK.
     3. From the Topic template drop-down list, select a template or click the Browse link to display a list of templates. Select a template and click OK.
     4. Enter the topic name and description.
     5. Choose whether to add the topic to an existing or new project.
        • If you select Existing, choose the project from the Project name drop-down list.
        • If you select New, enter the project name in the Project name text box.
     6. Click OK.
     7. Close the Save to Topic dialog box, or click Edit to edit the topic you added the attachment to.

     If you have created a topic, it is assigned to you by default. You can edit the topic as needed.

   Note:

   Your administrator may establish a maximum size for the Oracle Empirica Signal tables that you can attach with a site option. If you attempt to save a larger table an error message informs you of the defined limit.
   After you add an attachment, you can access it when you view or edit the topic or action to which it is attached. See Edit an attachment.

   Note:

   Changes to, or deletions of, the original object do not affect the attachment. For example, if you save report output as an attachment to a topic and then that report output is deleted, the topic attachment remains unchanged.

   If the topic workflow configuration has changed, when you click OK on the Save to Topic dialog, Oracle Empirica Signal will warn you that the topic workflow configuration has changed and won't save your changes. Close the dialog and perform your Save to Topic action again.