Hi Dojo,
I notice different behavior when
- APPROACH 1
- STEP 1 – Create DVE parent element in multiple views
- STEP 2 – Create DVE child elements
- Result = both DVE parent and child elements are available in both views
- STEP 1 – Create DVE parent element in multiple views
- APPROACH 2
- STEP 1 – Create DVE parent element in 1 view
- STEP 2 – Create DVE child elements
- STEP 3 – Add DVE parent element in 2nd view
- Result = DVE parent element is available in both views, but the DVE child elements are only available in the first view
- STEP 1 – Create DVE parent element in 1 view
Why do we have different behavior? Is this expected?
Thinking at following use case: you have a chassis element with x card elements active and you want to add the chassis (with linked card elements) in a 2nd or 3rd view. Can we do this via standard operations in Cube?
Hi Karel,
I believe this is expected behavior.
The DataMiner system will place the DVE children in the same view as the parent when they are created.
This way it’s easy to know where to find these children when they are created.
You have the flexibility to move the children and/or the parent to any other view, based on your preference.
If this would also move the associated parent and or children, you would lose flexibility, as this might not always be desired.
Please note that you can easily move multiple (dve) elements from one view to another view, by dragging a selection of elements from the element overview onto the surveyor if drag and drop editing is enabled in the surveyor.
Hi Karel,
When using the drag and drop functionality in cube, the elements will be moved by default. However, if you hold the ctrl-key while dragging the elements, you will make the elements available in a second view.
I typically remember this using a little trick:
the Ctrl key starts with the letter C, just like the word Copy.
Perfect. Works fine. Many thanks Ive!
Hi Ive, thanks for your feedback on this!
Indeed, in Cube you can easily move a DVE parent and/or child element in the Surveyor. But in our use case, we want to add the DVE parent and child elements in a 2nd view. And here we have the struggle with DVE child elements (in Cube the Edit > Views is disabled).