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Control Graph View

Control Graph View
 
 
1

Undo Layer Expansion

1. Undo Layer Expansion
Click this button to undo the last layer expansion.  Ctrl+Z key combination is also supported.
2

Redo Layer Expansion

2. Redo Layer Expansion
Click this button to redo the last layer expansion that was undone using the Undo function..  Ctrl+Y key combination is also supported.
3

Refresh Control Graph

3. Refresh Control Graph
Click this button to regenerate the Control Graph results.  If you have performed a number of expansion events to further delve into a Control Strategy, refreshing the graph will force a regeneration of the Control Graph contents based on the current selected item(s) in the DataView.
4

Pin Control Graph Results

4. Pin Control Graph Results
Toggle this to pin/unpin the freeze status of the current Control Graph generated results.  Pinning the graph will allow you to navigate the DataView without having the Control Graph auto-update to reflect the selected item change in the DataView.
5

Control References tab view

5. Control References tab view
Displays a list of all Control relationships that were detected while generating the current Control Graph.  This is a auto-hide tab view that can be docked.
 
6

Graph Options

6. Graph Options
Provides a set of options that allow you to define various behaviors associated with the Control Graph such as how connections are displayed, algorithms used to generate the Vertex node layout, edge routing algorithms that define how edges are routed, animation, default scaling, Vertex layer gap spacing, etc.  See the topic Control Graph Options.
7

Graph Navigation

7. Graph Navigation
Provides navigation functions that allow you to scale, pan, fill content to bounds, and center content.
8

Scale View

8. Scale View
Drag the Slider to scale the contents of the graph view.
9

Fit Content within Bounds

9. Fit Content within Bounds
Click this button to fill the current graph view with its contents assuring that all Vertex nodes are displayed within the bounds of the view.
10

Center Content

10. Center Content
Click this button to center the content (vertex nodes) of the graph within the view.
11

Close Navigation View

11. Close Navigation View
Click this button to close the Navigation View.
12

Fill Bounds with Content

12. Fill Bounds with Content
Click this button to fill the current graph view with its contents.
13

Save button

13. Save button
Click this button to save the Control Graph View state to the configuration project.  Saved Control Graph view states are automatically restored when a Control Graph view is requested for a single Entity item in the Data View list.
14

Copy View to Clipboard

14. Copy View to Clipboard
Click this button to copy the Control Graph View as an image for pasting into applications such as Word.
15

Entity Parameters tab

15. Entity Parameters tab
This Tab becomes visible when a request is made to view the configuration Parameters for a Block in the Control Graph view.
 
The highlighted button on the block adorner below showing its ToolTip is clicked to view its configuration Parameters.