Strategy One

View Component and Dependent Objects

You can view objects that are components or dependents of a selected object. This is helpful when you need to delete objects and/or their components and dependents.

View Component Objects

You can view objects that comprise another object. For example, if you view a report's dependent components, you see all of the attributes, metrics, filters, prompts, and other objects used in that report. Viewing the components of an attribute displays the tables, drill maps, hierarchies, and other components of the attribute.

  1. Open the Workstation page.

  2. Use the Navigation pane to locate an object.

  3. Right-click the object, point to View, and choose Components.

    You can also choose Properties and then select Components.

  4. Click Columns to select columns to view. You can also resize columns to display more information.
  5. Expand a row to view the component's component objects.
  6. Click Filter to eliminate results by Type, Owner, Date Modified, ID and Location.
  7. Right-click a component to view its properties or dependents.
  8. Click Export to export the results in .csv format.
  9. Click Settings to enable Show System Managed Objects and Display only System Managed Objects.
  10. Click Save.

View Dependent Objects

You can view objects that are dependent on another object. For example, if you view a report's dependents, you see all the reports, documents, and other objects that are dependent on the report. Viewing the dependents of an attribute displays the metrics, reports, hierarchies, and other objects dependent on that attribute.

  1. Open the Workstation window.
  2. Use the Navigation pane to locate an object.

  3. Right-click the object, point to View, and choose Dependents.

    You can also choose Properties and then select Dependents.

    The listing displays the direct dependents of the selected object. For example, attribute A is used to create Report R. Report R is also a dataset of Dashboard D. When you view the dependents of attribute A, only Report R appears in the list. However, the Review Recursive Dependents button provides a list of all direct and indirect dependents, so both A and R appear.

  4. Click Columns to select columns to view. You can also resize columns to display more information.
  5. Click Filter to eliminate results by Type, Owner, Date Modified, ID, and Location. You also use the search bar to refine your results.
  6. Right-click an object to perform a variety of actions depending on the object including view its properties or dependents, refresh, certify, hide, translate, duplicate, or delete it.
  7. Click Export to export the results in .csv format.
  8. Click Settings to enable Show System Managed Objects and Display only System Managed Objects.
  9. Click Save.