Context Menus¶
Right-click any row in a MetaMiner Client (MMC) tab to see the actions that apply to the selected objects; this page explains how those menus behave and where each one is documented.
How it works¶
The client builds the menu each time you right-click, from the rows you selected:
- An action appears only when it applies to the selected object types. For example Crystal Logon Info... appears only for Crystal reports and publications.
- An action is greyed out, or missing, when your MetaMiner account lacks the permission for it on that object's environment. See Permissions Reference.
- Some actions depend on your license edition. A Basic Edition license, for example, limits several actions to one object at a time. See Editions and Licensing.
- When the selection mixes objects from several environments, actions that work on one environment at a time (such as Save) are not offered.
- When the selection includes an environment row plus other rows, no menu is shown. Select the environment row alone.
Image of the CMS Explorer context menu on a Web Intelligence document, with the View and Modify submenus visible
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Menu structure in the CMS Explorer¶
| Group | Items (when they apply) |
|---|---|
| Top | Impact Analysis, Open in Default Browser, Open in New Tab, Explore Security, Pause/Resume, Re-run Instance |
| Edit | Rename... (F2), Cut (Ctrl+X), Copy (Ctrl+C), Copy Text, Copy Full Path, Paste (Ctrl+V), Delete... (Del) |
| Move content | Export to... |
| View submenu | View Audit History, View Relationships, View Versions..., View Structure..., View Extended Properties |
| Modify submenu | Crystal Logon Info..., Schedule Destinations..., Modify Description..., Modify Owner..., Modify Connection..., Update Tables..., Remap Universes..., Remap Universes with mapping, Remap Connections..., Enable/Disable Refresh on open, Enable/Disable Strip query, Modify Extended Properties... |
| Save submenu | Save as File..., Save as BIAR Backup... |
| Maintenance | Purge Report Data..., Reset Object... |
| Compare with Each Other submenu | Compare Structure..., Compare Content XLS..., Compare Content PDF..., Compare Raw Dataproviders... |
| Folder | Show This Folder Only, New Folder... |
| Bottom | Properties... (Alt+Enter) |
Every action, with the object types it applies to and the permission it needs, is listed in Object Actions.
Copy Text and Copy Full Path¶
| Item | Copies to the clipboard |
|---|---|
| Copy Text | The text of the cell you right-clicked |
| Copy Full Path | The folder path of the object from the environment root |
Open in New Tab¶
Open in New Tab opens the selected folders in a separate, closable CMS Explorer tab with its own filters.
| Option | Result |
|---|---|
| Selection Only | The new tab shows only the selected rows |
| Selection and Children | The new tab shows the selected rows and everything under them |
The new tab is a copy: objects added to BusinessObjects later are not shown there. A new tab holds at most 50,000 rows by default; above that the client reports Limit Exceeded. Your administrator can change the cap with the client system variable cmsexplorer.new_tab.row.limit. See Client System Variables.
Environment row menu¶
Right-click an environment's top-level row in the CMS Explorer for these actions:
| Item | What it does |
|---|---|
| Data Refresh Statistics | Timing of recent pulls: Pull Start Time, CMS Pull Duration, Time Spent in MMDB Queue, MMDB Pull Duration, Pull End Time, Total Time Spent |
| Suspend Pull Notifications... | Stops pull error notifications for this environment for 1, 2 or 4 hours, 1 day, 2 days or 7 days |
| Force On Demand Pull... | Asks the MetaMiner Server to start a pull of this environment now |
| Properties... | Environment details, including whether an audit database is configured |
Image of the Data Refresh Statistics dialog for one environment
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Menus in other tabs¶
| Tab | Menu content | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Users | Group membership, enable/disable, license type, aliases, sessions, email, Excel import/export | Users and Groups |
| Servers | Server Commands, Show Related Alerts, Explore Security, extended properties | Servers |
| Alerts | Modify, Clone, Run Now, Enable/Disable, history | Alerts |
| Backup/Promote | Modify, Clone, Run Now, Restore, View Backup Contents, history | Backup and Restore |
| Report Validation | Modify, Run Now, Enter Prompts, compare and view outputs | Report Validation |
| Meta Query results | Show as Tree, Find in CMS Explorer, Show Column Values | Meta Query |