Create automated subcategories in Organizer

Tekla Structures
2020
Tekla Structures

Create automated subcategories in Organizer

You can create an automated subcategory tree structure for one or several custom categories at a time. The categories for which you create the automated subcategories cannot already have subcategories. If you use an empty category that does not contain objects yet, only the category rules are saved.

  1. To open Organizer, click Manage on the ribbon and then click Organizer.
  2. Select a custom category, right-click and select Create automated subcategories.

    Organizer opens the Automated subcategories section in the category properties dialog box.

  3. Do the following to select the properties that are used to create the subcategories:
    • Click Grouping in Object Browser.

      To use this option, drag one or more property columns to the grouping row in Object Browser. Organizer uses the properties included in the column when creating the subcategories, for example, as shown in the image below.

      You can also add property template columns or object properties to the rule boxes.

    • Click the rule boxes and select a property template column or an object property.

      Note that you cannot use the Grouping in Object Browser option if you first add property template columns or object properties to the rule boxes.

      You can also type the name of the property in the box, for example, PROFILE and press Enter. You can add more than one column or property to the same rule box.

      Organizer adds a new subcategory level to the properties dialog box when you have added a column or a property to the rule box.

  4. If you want the category to have the new subcategory level, add columns or properties to the rule boxes on the new subcategory level.
  5. Select the Do not delete empty automated subcategories check box to keep all subcategories at synchronization.

    If you do not select the check box and change the model so that some, or all of the subcategories do not contain any objects, the empty subcategories are deleted when you synchronize the root category or the whole Organizer.

  6. Click Modify.
Tip:

You can manually add categories and subcategories to automated categories. Select a category, right-click and select New category or New subcategory. Manually added categories are not deleted at synchronization. When you synchronize a manually created subcategory, only that category is synchronized.

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