In
order for single lines to be correctly displayed in the dialog area
Derivation hierarchy, you have to select a
variable.
Meaning of background
colors
Pink
Blue
Gray
The element has its own value
and
this value has no counterpart in the parent-element.
The element has its own value,
but this value corresponds to the value in the
parent-element.
The value of the element is
derived from a higher hierarchy level. The element does not have its
own value.
Example:
Functions
You can find the functions in the context menu
in addition.
Remove all children with the same value
(also grandchildren)
Values are removed from the children-elements if they
correspond to the value of selected parent-elements.
The value of the
selected element remains unchanged. (The action should be
seen as a clean-up.)
==> The background color of the lines shows this,
because the background color of the children-elements changes from
blue to gray, while the red background color remains the
same.
Remove all overwrites
Removes own values from all
children-elements. This assures you that the values of the selected
element will be inherited by the children.
The value of the selected
element remains unchanged.
==> The background color of the lines shows this,
because the blue or pink background color changes to gray at
children-elements.
Apply to the whole catalog
The value of the
selected element is shifted to the highest catalog element and the
selected element loses the value.
(It now of course inherits the
value of the parent-element. All children-elements inherit the
highest catalog element's value, as long as they don't have their
own value.)
If
you set the focus in the project selection on hierarchically
superior directories, such as din_en_iso, the calculation time rises
a considerable amount. The calculation's activity will be signalized
through the striped pattern in the inheritance hierarchy
field.
Children,
in relation to the highest catalog elements, are now gray, or pink,
should they have their own value.
Apply to the parent directory
The value of the
selected element is shifted to its parent-element and the
selected element loses the value. It now, however, inherits the
value of the parent-element.
==> The background color of
the selected line clarifies this by turning gray, while the
parent-element becomes pink.
Set value to the derived children
The value of the
selected elements is shifted to all direct
children (not grandchildren) and the
selected element loses the value.
==> The background color of
the lines shows this, because all children-elements turn pink and
the selected element assumes the value of its parent-element, so far
as a value exists.