Introduction
The Document-It feature allows you to add detailed documentation to a view and also to specific objects or nodes. This documentation is in addition to tags or comments that you can add to your views:
Adding documentation to views
In all views/modes, you can add one Document per node or group of nodes. It is also possible to add one Document per view.
To add a Document, first select the node you want to Document in the view, then use the left hand menu item:
If you want to add a Document at view level (i.e. for all the nodes in the view), click the Add a document view in the Investigate panel:
The document popup will be displayed - fill in the title, description (i.e. the text you want to add) and optionally a Tag. You can add tags that you have already created using the
icon in the left menu bar, or create the tags directly in the Document:You can also choose a colour for your Document:
Click Save when complete:
The document is then minimized to the bottom left of the screen and can be re-displayed by clicking it:
Adding documentation to a group of nodes
When you add a Document to a group of nodes, the nodes that were selected will all be highlighted when the Document is redisplayed:
Adding clickable links to documents
It is possible to add a clickable link (or links) in a document:
To add a link, use standard HTML markup as follows:
<a href="https://www.mylink.com">My Link</a>
For example:
Updating or deleting existing documentation
Open the existing documentation, make your changes and then click Save:
Add new nodes/objects/groups of objects to an existing documentation
You can add new nodes/objects/groups of objects to an existing documentation as follows:
- Open the existing documentation
- Hold the CTRL key down and select the additional nodes/objects/groups of objects
- Make any changes to the documentation itself (this is not required)
- Click the Save button in the Documentation window to save the changes
Searching existing documentation
It is possible to use the global search function to search documentation that has already been added. See User Guide - Search for items.