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BluePrint Viewer

The BluePrint Viewer provides a visualization of the Parent-Child relationships within a BluePrint and the BluePrint relationship between items:.

About this task

The BluePrint Viewer consists of:

  • The Home tab in which you can perform actions on a selected item in the BluePrint hierarchy diagram (these actions are also available in context menus)
  • The View tab in which you can change the view of BluePrint relationships
  • The BluePrint hierarchy diagram displayed in the BluePrint Viewer and the information displayed in it.

Procedure

  1. In the Content Manager Explorer, right-click an item and in the context menu that opens, choose BluePrinting > BluePrint Hierarchy.
  2. In the Home tab of the BluePrint Viewer you can perform the following actions on the selected item:
    • Open—allows you to navigate to open an item displayed in the BluePrint hierarchy for editing.
    • Where Used—allows you to see where an item is used (for more information, refer to Where used).
    • Delete—allows you to delete an item provided you have the necessary rights and permissions for that item and the item is not being used. For more information, see Deleting an item.
    • Preview—allows you to Preview an item.
    • Compare —allows you to compare two different versions of Components, Component Templates, Page Templates, Pages, or Schemas. For more information, see .
    • History —lists all versions of a Component, Component Template, Page Template, Page, or Schema. For more information, see .
    • Localize —allows you to create a local copy of a shared item.
    • Unlocalize —allows you to unlocalize the local copy of an item in a Child Publication and use the shared item from the Parent Publication.
    • Promote —allows you to move an item into a higher Publication in the hierarchy, in which the content item currently does not exist.
    • Demote —allows you to move an item into a lower Publication in the hierarchy, removing it from its current Publication.
  3. In the View tab of the BluePrint Viewer, you can Zoom in and Zoom Out of the diagram and perform the following actions:
    • Show Parents—select an item/Publication and click Show Parents to highlight the selected Publication's Parents (the Publications that are not Parents of the selected Publication are dimmed out).
    • Show Children—select an item/Publication and click Show Children to highlight the selected Publication's Children (the Publications that are not Children of the selected Publication are dimmed out).
    • Show Used in—click Show Used in to view the items the item is Used in.
    • Show Inheritance Path—select an item and click Show Inheritance Path to highlight where the item shares its content from.
  4. In the BluePrint hierarchy diagram displayed in the BluePrint Viewer, the following visual indicators are used:
    • A solid blue background indicates the Publication from which BluePrint Viewer was invoked.
    • A blue border indicates the current item (the context item) selected in the BluePrint.
    • Information about the item from which the BluePrint Viewer was invoked (the context item) and the currently selected context item is displayed at the bottom of the viewer.
    • The name of shared items are displayed in italics.
    • Publications which do not contain a copy of the selected item are dimmed.
    • If an item has been localized in a Child Publication, the line to the Parent Publication is dotted.
  5. Click Close to exit the BluePrint Viewer.