Property Sheets

Property Sheets provide a way of looking at all the data for a single network object in a structured way.

There are two methods by which property sheets can be viewed in InfoAsset Manager; either in the property editor in the Object Properties Window or in tabbed format.

Note

The property sheets of user defined objects can only be viewed in the Object Properties Window (NOT in tabbed format).

To switch between the two styles, change the setting of the Use property editor for asset network objects option on the General Page of the Options dialog.

The Object Properties Window is a modeless window which displays all of the properties of a network object in a tree view. Properties are grouped in Property Groups that are entirely customisable.

For more details on how to use this window and how to customise it, please refer to the following topics: Using the Object Properties Window, Object Properties Window Toolbar and Navigating Round Associated Objects.

To display property sheets in the Object Properties Window, ensure that the Use property editor for asset network objects option is checked on the General Page of the Options dialog.

To display tabbed property sheets, ensure that the Use property editor for asset network objects option is unchecked on the General Page of the Options dialog.

The data is divided up into pages or tabs showing data of similar type. Some data is common to more than one type of object, so a page may occur on more than one type of Property Sheet.

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Tabbet Property Sheet

Most tabbed property sheets are modal. Work cannot be carried out elsewhere in the InfoAsset Manager interface until the property sheet is closed. Some property sheets do allow users to move to other parts of the interface and carry out other work. The property sheet remains visible but the title bar turns grey to show it is inactive.

Toolbar icon Description of Functionality

Backward / Previous

When clicked, this button takes you backwards, to the previous object whose Property Sheet you had opened.

Forward / Next

When clicked, this button takes you forward, to the next object (assuming the Backward / Previous button has been previously used to come back to an already displayed Property Sheet).

Navigate

Click this button to see a list of the objects to which the displayed object is connected. You can then click on an object in the list and display the properties for that object.

Available options are:

  • Backward
  • Forward
  • History
  • Downstream To
  • Upstream To
  • To Associated Objects, such as CCTV surveys for pipes and Manhole Surveys for nodes.

See Navigating Round Associated Objects.

Select and Find

Use this button to select on the GeoPlan Window the object whose Property Sheet is displayed. InfoAsset Manager will then zoom in or out on the GeoPlan Window, so that:

  • the view is centred on the selected object
  • enough surrounding details are displayed that the object can be seen in context

Commit History

 Display the Commit History dialog, which shows the history of changes to the object, that have been committed to the database.

Schedule Tasks

The Schedule Tasks button is only displayed when viewing the property sheet for a CCTV Survey.

Click this button to create new Pipe Repair task objects from selected defects.

If no defects are selected, a pipe repair will be created covering the full length of the pipe with which the CCTV Survey is associated.

If defects are selected in the Defects page of the property sheet, the Start length and Repair length of the pipe repair will be determined from the locations of the first and last selected defects selected in the property sheet grid.

Clicking this button will display the Create Scheduled Tasks Dialog.

Validate as you type

Enabled when a validation data is active in the current network.

Use this button to toggle the Validate as you type feature on and off.

When the feature is turned on, validation highlighting in the property sheet takes place as soon as a change is made to a field.

When the feature is turned off, validation highlighting does not take place until the user clicks off the edited field.

Note

If a validation level is set in the Default Validation Rules Dialog, this button will be disabled. Validate as you type will be turned on and cannot be switched off.

To move between pages, click on the appropriate tab at the top of the sheet. Changes are not saved when moving from one page to another.

There are four buttons at the bottom of every property sheet:

OK

Save changes and close the property sheet.

This button will be disabled if:

Cancel

Close the property sheet without saving. All changes will be lost.

Apply

Save changes but do not close the property sheet

This button will be disabled if:

Help

Display help on the current page

To access a property sheet from the GeoPlan Window:

  1. Click on the GeoPlan Tools toolbar.
  2. Click the network object (e.g. node or link) to be edited.
    3. Tip

    If the desired object is not selectable using the tool, this indicates that the layer associated with this object may have been marked as unselectable. Please refer to the Layers and Themes page of the GeoPlan Properties dialog for details on how to make layers selectable.

  3. If there are multiple object displayed at the point clicked, these will be listed. Highlight the appropriate object and click OK.
  4. The Property Sheet is displayed. Data can be viewed or edited from the property sheet.

The property sheet can also be accessed from the GeoPlan:

  • Double-click on a network object on the GeoPlan Window with the Selection tool
  • Right-click on a network object on the GeoPlan Window and select the Properties option from the object's context menu

If there are multiple object displayed at the point at which you clicked, these will be listed. Highlight the appropriate object and click OK.

Property sheets can be accessed from the Network Grid Views:

  • Double-click on a network object grid row
  • Right-click on a network object grid row and select Properties from the context menu

To access a property sheet from the Long Section View:

  • On the long section plot (not the labels at the bottom of the view), either:
    • on the schematic at the top, click a node or a pipe to select it and then right-click and go to <Object Type> | Properties on the context menu.
    • on the long section view itself, click close to the vertical line representing the node for node property sheets, and between the lines for the link property sheet.
To access a property sheet from the 3D Manhole Window:
  1. Click on the GeoPlan Tools toolbar.
  2. Click on the relevant part of the 3D Network Window to display the property sheet for the manhole or any of its pipes.

Many network object data fields can have additional information recorded using a data flag. This information may include:

  • data source
  • accuracy, reliability or confidence rating

Tabbed Property Sheet

In Object Properties Window

When editing data on a property sheet, many controls will have an associated flag control immediately to their right. Select the appropriate flag from the dropdown list and both the data and flag controls will be redrawn in the correct colour.

For more details about using flags in your models, see Data Flags.

Calendar Editor

When editing a Date field on a Property Sheet, click the calendar () or the arrow () button to display the Calendar Editor. Select the appropriate date from the calendar.

  • Use the arrow buttons on the title bar of the editor to move forwards/backwards by a month.
  • Click on the month in the title bar of the editor to display a list of months to choose from.
  • Click on the year in the title bar of the editor to display a list of years to choose from.

For details of the data fields displayed on the network object property sheets, see the data fields topic for the appropriate network object.

Network Assets

Collection Networks

Distribution Network

Asset Network

Resources

Collection Networks

Distribution Networks

Asset Networks

Repairs

Surveys

Collection Networks

Distribution Networks

Asset Networks

Resourcing Objects

Incidents

Asset Networks

Zone Objects

Network Objects

Object Properties Window

Using the Object Properties Window

Object Properties Window Toolbar

Navigating Round Associated Objects