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"General" tab

Applies to: viflow (subscription | 9 | 8) | Article: 1574999 | Updated on 30.04.2024

In this tab you can enter the Name and a Short Name of the information as well as a prefix (additional text) in the local properties (please note the notes on using the prefix below).
In addition, comments can be entered here and a hyperlink (link to a file or Internet address) can be assigned.

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The content in the Properties window [local] can only be called up if the information is marked in the graphic.
After marking information in a window – eg information or information structure – only the global properties can be retrieved and edited.

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The Short name is the text displayed on an information shape (usually a connecting arrow) within a graphic. You can use the shape's info icon to specify whether Short name or Name the information to be displayed.

Name

Enter a description of the information that is as concise as possible. After entering the first few letters, entries that already exist in the process model are suggested for adoption. Abbreviations used in the Short name field, for example, can be written out in this field.

Short name

This text appears on/in the information shapes of the graphic. The name (see above) of the information is often abbreviated here, since there is often not enough space for long texts in the graphic. If you do not enter a short name, it will be automatically taken from the name.

Remark

In this field you can enter a detailed description of the information and specify whether the annotation text should apply to the entire process model or only to the process currently opened as a graphic. Enter the annotation text in the Properties [global] and/or Properties [local] windows.

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You can determine whether the remark text is to be assigned to the information globally (ie in every use of the information in the process model) or locally (ie only in this use in the currently open process).

How to enter Remark text

  1. Click in the Remark field.
    The Remark window opens.
  2. Enter the text here and use the toolbar in the window to format and align the text.
     You can also add bullets, numbering, hyperlinks, and images to the remark text.
  3. Finally, confirm with OK.

Hyperlink

Here you can link the information to a file or a document – eg work instructions in PDF format – or to an Internet address.

How to enter a Hyperlink

  1. In the Hyperlink box, click the expand button  and choose whether to insert a file or an Internet address.
  2. In the Select file window, select the document to be linked and confirm with Open.
    When linking to an Internet address, copy [CTRL+C] the address line in the browser and paste it into the Hyperlink field [CTRL+V].
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Information linked with a hyperlink is provided with a shaded document symbol in the process graphic  .

Creator, Creation Date, Modified by, Last Modification

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These fields are for information only and cannot be edited here. They appear in the properties window under General only if developer mode has been activated in the ››› options .

Referrer

The number of uses in the process model are displayed in this field ("(7)").

Click on the expand button  , see where and how the object is used.

Here, for example, the "plan of measures" is used, among other things, as a "shape" in the "start page" graphic.

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Tip!

If you right-click on an entry in the list, you can display the object in a window or in an open graphic.

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The Referrer field is not available in the properties window [local].

Prefix / Separator (local only)

Here you can optionally enter a text that is placed in front of the information designation in the graphic and only applies to this connector in this process. The separator between the prefix and the name can be chosen freely and is defined as a colon (":") in the standard setting.

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The prefix can only be entered for information (arrows) in the currently opened graphic and is therefore always local (i.e. only relevant to this process) additional information.

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In the process graphic, the prefix precedes the information short name and does not appear in the Information window.
Example: The information with the short name "Invoice" and the additional text "Released" appears in the graphic as "Released: Invoice"

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The prefix can also be used without entering a short name!
For example, if you want to label information that originates from a branch with "Yes" and "No", you should use this field (and NOT the Short Name field) to do so. In this way, no new information is created that is only intended to serve as additional text in the process graphic:
Entries such as "Yes", "No", "OK" or "Not OK" then do not appear as independent information in the process model.
Already used prefixes can be selected by expanding the drop-down menu.


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