DM:9.6 CU16
I have a visual overview for a service that is referring to the elementID of the 3rd element of a service (a DVE):
I am trying to instead have the element shape data field refer it to an exported parameter (PID24004) on that service that points back to the parent element:
I was thinking I could use: [param:*[*,*,*],24004] for the element shape data, but that appears to not be working.
Has anyone ever used this *[*,*,*] notation? Would you be able to explain it?
Why would the above param:* notation not be working?
The *[*,*,*] string is not a dedicated syntax or placeholder for the Visual Overview. However, using one or more asterisks in the name of an element will search for an element in the current service context. In your example, the asterisk can be any text while the other characters are string literals.
It's possible the [param:] placeholder gets confused as square brackets are also used to recursively include other placeholders. Please verify this by removing any square brackets from the element's alias.