Navigating the Tree Structure

The CSDB is hierarchically organized and subdivided into files, domains, classes, and instances. The tree view enables you to view successively lower levels in the hierarchy, and easily locate and work with specific CSDB components.

To navigate the tree structure:

  1. Open the HPCA Administrator CSDB Editor, and double-click PRIMARY in the tree view.
    Note: The PRIMARY File domains will vary according to which HPCA products have been installed in your environment.
  2. To open a CSDB domain, double-click its icon.

Navigation History
Most navigation features in the HPCA Administrator CSDB Editor are similar to those in Windows Explorer. However, to delete the history of which branches were previously opened beneath a particular component, use the Prune Below function.

To use the Prune Below function:

  1. Right-click any icon which is not the last node, in the tree view. A shortcut menu opens.
  2. Click Prune Below. The tree view collapses all open nodes below the selected node, and deletes the history of all previously accessed lower-level nodes.

Compound Names
You can use compound names to group instances to make navigation in the tree view more manageable. The syntax of a compound name is Name_ where the instance name is followed by the underscore character.

For example, you might want to group your users according to the building where they are located. If you had users in the Empire State Building, create an instance ESB_ where the instance name ends with an underscore. The tree view will automatically add another lower level. In this lower level, you can create users wherein each user will be assigned an instance name beginning with ESB_. You can further use compound names to group instances at this level, nesting up to five levels.

Using compound name, the number of levels that you can create in the tree view is controlled by the Show n Instance Prefixes in the Tree option setting. This is found on the General tab of the Options dialog box which can be accessed from the View menu. The Options dialog box is described in "Setting Preferences: Options Dialog Box".

Each underscore in an instance name defines a level for the tree view. Thus, the instance name ESB_FLOOR10_USER1 has two levels of prefix, which, if the setting Show n Instance Prefixes in the Tree were set to 2 or 3, would be displayed in two collapsible non-elementary levels (FLOOR10, within ESB).


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