Specifying the Element List Structure

Element list structures describe the structure of AWM element lists in the Table Results view. In the issue tracking system model, only one element list structure is required. To create this:

  1. Right-click the Elementlist Structures category folder, and then click New Child > Element List Structure.

    This opens the Enter Object ID dialog box.

  2. In the New ID field, next to the Element List Structure field, type TUTORIAL_ELELIST_Issues.
  3. Click OK.

You now need to associate the columns to be displayed in the Table Results view to the newly created element list structure. To do this you need to select the properties that represent the columns in the element list structure:

  1. In the Properties category folder, highlight the following properties:
    1. TUTORIAL_PROP_ELE_TicketNumber
    2. TUTORIAL_PROP_ELE_CreationDate
    3. TUTORIAL_PROP_ELE_Priority
    4. TUTORIAL_PROP_ELE_Description
    5. TUTORIAL_PROP_ELE_Status
    6. TUTORIAL_PROP_ELE_EleType
  2. Drag and drop the properties onto the TUTORIAL_ELELIST_Issues element list structure.

    This opens the Create Releationships dialog box.

  3. Click OK.
  4. In the Elementlist Structures category folder, expand TUTORIAL_ELELIST_Issues.
  5. Right-click TUTORIAL_PROP_ELE_EleType, and then click Edit.

    This opens the Edit Properties dialog box.

  6. Double-click the Visible value cell, and then click false.
    Note: An element list structure always requires an associated element type property, but you do not want it to be displayed as a column in the Table Results view.
  7. Click OK.

You now need to associate this new element list structure with the Create Element List step of the TUTORIAL_ACT_ShowIssues action:

  1. In the Action Descriptors category folder, right-click the Create Element List step of TUTORIAL_ACT_ShowIssues, and then click Edit.

    This opens the Edit Properties dialog box.

  2. Double-click the Table Structure value cell, and then click TUTORIAL_ELELIST_Issues.
  3. Click OK.
  4. Click File > Save.