Baseline tab in Publication Manager
The Baseline tab contains a list of all of the objects included in the open publication and provides detailed information about the objects.
- The Baseline tab controls
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The Baseline tab provides:
- A table providing information about each item (map, topic, image, resource) used by the publication.
Use this to quickly identify any references that cannot be resolved, and any objects that have not yet been selected.
- A Locate button which will bring you to the position of the object in the publication tree
- An AutoComplete tool. You can use this to select a version for each item.
- The option to Freeze the baseline.
Note that all of the contents must be released before you can freeze the baseline.
After you freeze a baseline, no additional changes can be made to the contents of the publication.
- Clean Up will help you to remove all objects from the baseline that aren't used in the publication anymore.
- When you want to have this overview on a piece of paper you can always use the Print option listed.
- A table providing information about each item (map, topic, image, resource) used by the publication.
- The Baseline list view
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The Baseline list view provides information about each object that is referenced in your publication. This view may be customized and may differ from the default view described below.
The following icons in the Baseline list view provide information about the object type.
Icon Description a Map or Bookmap a Topic an Image a Library Topic (i.e. resource for reused content or variables) Other (Word, PDF, ...) The following icons in the Baseline list view provide information whether the object is checked out.Icon Description You cannot modify the object. You must check out the object first. The object is checked out by you. The object is checked out by another user. You will find the icons from the object types back in this pane. Next to that icons that provide information about if the object in the baseline view are shown.Icon Description Indicates that the object is not available. Indicates that the object is released. The default Baseline list view includes the following columns:Column Description Type (no label) The type of Content Manager object, as shown by its icon Checkout status (no label) The checkout status of the object, as shown by its icon Title The title of the object Version The version of the object that was selected to be published Newer If there is a newer version of the object available: - Yes if there is a newer version that is not selected for the publication.
- No if the latest is being used in the publication.
Used If the object is still used in this publication. No indicates that it was removed and will no longer be published as part of the document. Status The status of the selected version Changes Added value when creating the object Checked out by Name of the user who has the version checked out and currently owns the lock. This only reflects the checkout status of the version used in the Publication. Last modified by Name of the user who last modifed the latest version Date modified Date on which the last modification to the latest version of the item was made. This is not the version selected for the Publication if Newer has the value Yes Topic type Information about the type of topic, for example, Concept Map type Information about the type of map, for example, Bookmap Library topic type Information about the type of library topic, for example, Concept Image type Information about the type of image, for example, Diagram Format The format of the item, for example, JPG for an image or XML for a topic Description The description that was added when the object was created Comments Text that was added when the object was created In Folder The location of the object in the repository