Table of Contents
This window consists of a number of tabs as described below.
See also: topic popup menu
Tabs
Outline
The outline displays the components of the knowledge base in an expandable outline form. Click the '+' or '-' buttons in the outline to expand or collapse the outline, respectively. Double click a topic to open its viewer. The outline has a context sensitive popup menu (right click) for other actions.
The root of the outline is the list of goal groups 
unless there are no goal groups. In that case the root of the outline is the list of dependency networks 
.
Lists
Double click a topic or document name to open its viewer. Each topic list has a context sensitive popup menu (right click) for other actions.
- Goal Groups
- Goals (dependency networks)
Calculated Data Links (networks representing equations)
Simple Data Links (elementary data)
Documents
Knowledge Base and Application Toolbar
File
New. Create a new knowledge base.
Open. Open an existing knowledge base.
Save. Saves the current knowledge base to disk.
Properties
View/Edit the knowledge base's security settings.
Open the properties editor to view or edit the knowledge base's properties.- Open the knowledge base's document list to view the knowledge base documentation.
Jump to the knowledge base's hyperlink.
Dependencies
Open the dependency overview to see the relationships between the topics in the knowledge base.
Topic Creation
- Create a new goal group and add it to the knowledge base.
- Create a new goal (dependency network) and add it to the knowledge base.
- Create a new calculated data link and add it to the knowledge base.
- Create a new simple data link and add it to the knowledge base.
Runtime
Open a runtime module. If a knowledge base is open the runtime module will be opened in edit mode. Otherwise it will be opened in run mode.
Find
Opens the Find Topic utility to locate occurrences of topics in the knowledge base.
Data
Setup database connections – open the database connection setup.
Open the data browser.
Erase current data. (this does not change data in databases)
Application
Language Chooser. This is a dropdown menu of interface languages. If the language is available it will be enabled. When a translation string for a chosen language is not available the original English text will be used. English is the default language. A utility for building and editing translations is available on request.
Open the context sensitive help system.