Action buttons

Depending on the respective app or the respective tab of an app, the table features different action buttons. Which action buttons are available depends on the respective app or the respective tab of an app.

Edit

Call up a product in the “Quickedit” app

In some tables, the edit button is used to call up a product in the “Quickedit” app:

  • In the table row of the respective product, click on the edit button. Following this, the “Quickedit” apps where the product is called up.
Note
The property ipim.portal.apps.app.ipim-toolbox-quickedit-app.enabled” needs to be set to “true”. Otherwise the “Quickedit” app can not be used. Detailed information about how to use the “Quickedit” app you can find here.

Edit text/string attributes

In some tables, the Edit button is used to call up text or string type attributes in a dialog box in order to edit them there:

  1. Double-click in the table cell of the respective text attribute respectively string type attribute. Following this, the Edit button is shown.
  2. Click on the Edit button to call up the corresponding dialog box.
  3. Make the desired changes.
  • In order to finish the process, click on the SAVE button. chevron to the right A success message is shown. The value of the text respectively string type attribute is now modified.
  • In order to cancel the process, click on the CANCEL button.
Note
In order for a text or character string attribute to be edited in a dialog box, the property REST API: Edit in text editor must be set to “true” for the respective text type, or the property iPIM UI display: Edit in text editor must be set to “true” for the respective attribute.

Edit text dataset

For example, in the “Texts” tab of the “Product details” app, the edit button allows you to open a dialog box where you can edit the corresponding text dataset. To do so, proceed as follows:

  1. In the respective table cell, click on the edit button to show the corresponding dialog box.
  2. Make the desired changes to the text.
  • In order to save your changes, click on the SAVE button.Arrow to the right A success message is shown.
  • In order to cancel the process, click on the CANCEL button.

Call up attributes in iPIM CC

First introduced in version 5.5.0: In some table, the button is used to call up attributes in the attribute configuration of iPIM CC:

  1. Set the data view to “Attributes”.
  2. In the table row of the respective attribute, click on the Open button. Following this, a new tab opens where the attribute is called up in the attribute configuration of iPIM CC.
Note
If an attribute is related to a content object, there are two buttons in the table row. The second button is used to call up the related content object.

Delete/remove

Delete datasets

In many apps the table cell “Actions” contains the dustbin button. Most of the time it allows you to delete a dataset. To delete a dataset, proceed as follows:

  1. In the respective table row, click on the dustbin button. Then the triangle button appears.
  2. Click on the triangle button to confirm the deleting of the dataset.

Remove a product from a worklist

In the “Worklists” app the dustbin button is used to remove a product from a worklist. To do so, proceed as follows:

  1. Access the worklist and go to the “Products” tab. The products contained in that particular worklist are listed here.
  2. In the respective table row, click on the  button. Then appears the triangle button.
  3. Click on the triangle button to confirm the removal of the product.

Call up digital assets

In the “Digital assets” tabs of the “Product details” app, you can find the open button. It allows you to open the respective digital asset in a new tab to see a full view of the digital asset. To do so, proceed as follows:

  • In the table row of the respective digital asset, click on the open button. Then the digital asset will be opened in a new tab.

Add to/Remove from “Active selection”

Via the corresponding buttons you can add a product to the “Active selection”. It will then appear in the widget “Selection” which can be accessed via the right sidebar. And you can remove the product from the “Active selection” again.

  • In order to add a product to the “Active selection”, click on the add button.
  • In order to remove a product from the “Active selection”, click on the Remove button.

FAQ

How are the action buttons displayed in the table?

Note: this particular point is not covered in the English “Action buttons” documentation provided, so no exact wording from this page is available for it.

Why can’t the “Quickedit” app always be called up via the corresponding button?

The property ipim.portal.apps.app.ipim-toolbox-quickedit-app.enabled needs to be set to “true”. Otherwise the “Quickedit” app can not be used.

Why can’t a text or character string attribute always be edited in a dialog box?

In order for a text or character string attribute to be edited in a dialog box, the type property REST API: Edit in text editor must be set to “true” for the respective text type, or the property iPIM UI display: Edit in text editor must be set to “true” for the respective attribute.