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Viewing objects and tables in the Composer module

Object arrangement in the Composer module

In Varicent Incentives, you can use the Arrange icon Arrange icon to automatically arrange the components and objects into a logical pattern in the Composer module. If you do not like the layout, you can refresh the page to undo the auto arrange. You can also select Auto from the Arrange drop-down list to maintain automatic rearrangement.

Note

The Arrange drop-down list is not available on the top level of the Composer module.

Filtering object types to display in the Composer module

In Varicent Incentives, you can filter to display only specific types of objects in the Composer module.

  1. In the the Composer module toolbar, click the Filter Filter updated icon icon.

  2. Clear the check boxes next to the items that you do not want to view in the Composer module.

Viewing object sources in the Composer module

In Varicent Incentives, you can see which objects a selected object uses as a data source in the Composer module. Alternatively, you can see which objects use a selected object as a data source.

When you select an object in the Composer module and click the Uses icon Uses icon, only the objects that are sources for the selected object and exist in the same component as the selected object are displayed.

When you select an object and click the Used By icon Use by icon, only the selected object and the objects that use it as a source and exist in the same component are displayed.

Viewing table or calculation data

In Varicent Incentives, you can view your table and calculation data in the Composer module.

To view table and calculation data in the Composer module, select a table or calculation and click the View Data iconView data icon .

To edit and manage your data in calculations and tables, open the Row Viewer.

Using multi-edit mode

When you work in the Composer module in Varicent Incentives, you can edit objects in the canvas using single-edit mode or multi-edit mode. In single-edit mode, every change is immediately saved. In multi-edit mode, validation is suspended and changes are not saved until you leave multi-edit mode or save your model.

Imagine that you want to change the source of a calculation that is used by another calculation. You must edit each calculation in the chain, but until you change all calculations, some calculations might be invalid. These temporary changes can occur only in multi-edit mode because only valid calculations can be saved in single-edit mode. If you try to make an invalid change or connection in single-edit mode, an error message is displayed.

To use multi-edit mode:

  1. In the Composer module toolbar, click the Multi-Edit Multi-edit icon icon to highlight the canvas.

  2. You can complete these tasks in multi-edit mode:

    1. Open components and objects.

    2. Add, edit, or delete calculations.

    3. Edit the partitions of a calculation and the port that is connected to the partition, so that it matches the new calculation.

    4. Add inbound or outbound connections.

    5. Export a diagram.

  3. To save the changes, leave multi-edit mode or click SaveSave icon in the toolbar.