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Chapter 2: The dTIMS CT Database
Perspectives Tasks
Add
Adding a perspective can be accomplished in many ways: through the menu
strip, the toolbar, the tasks pane, the right click menu or pressing the insert
key on your keyboard. All these operations will allow you to manually create
one perspective. To add multiple perspectives refer to Import. dTIMS CT will
also automatically create several Default Attributes for your perspective,
depending on the Perspective Type you are creating.
Edit
Delete
Copy
Edit the properties of one or multiple perspectives.
Delete a perspective from the Perspective Workspace Window.
Make a new perspective by copying and editing the copied version.
Export Will copy perspective properties to a file of your choice (Access - mdl, Excel -
xls, XML - xml, HMTL - html, dBASE - dbf and TEXT - txt). Export is a useful
feature when you use it in conjunction with the Import operation. For example,
you export a perspective to a file, then using the same file you add the
perspectives you want in your database. Next, you import the same file into
dTIMS CT. This works well since you are assured the file format of the file you
are importing is what dTIMS CT expects.
Import
Design View
Data Sheet
View
Importing perspectives is a quick way to add multiple perspectives to your
dTIMS CT database. By importing from a file you eliminate many of the steps
required to add the same perspectives manually. Refer to the Perspective Import
File Format to ensure the file you intend to import matches the format dTIMS
CT expects.
Unique method of viewing the parent - child relationship that exists between perspective
and attribute objects.
Formerly known as 'Browse' in dTIMS CT, Data Sheet is used when you want to browse
certain data or update data values from one perspective. If you want to browse data from
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