Viewing the links for an entity

You can view the links of a particular entity. For example, you can find out how many links there are of the various link types, the details of the links, which entities the main entity is linked to, and their details.

About this task

The Link End Summary lists all the distinct link ends for the selected type, and shows the total number of links between the main entity and each link end. For non-directional links, the number of links is shown in the Count column. For directed links, you can also see the number of links to or from each link end in the To and From columns.

Note: The To and From columns are not displayed, if there are no directed links of the selected type. If you have added a directed link of a type which previously had no directed links in the current session, the To and From columns will not be displayed until you close and re-open the database.

When there is more than a single link end for the selected type, an "All" entry is displayed as the first entry in the list. Click the "All" entry to view all the links of the selected type in the Links area.

The format of the labels is determined by the current labeling scheme. Details about the link end record are shown in the Link End Details pane.

Note: If there are many links to load, you can press Esc or Pause to pause the loading of the records, and click Resume when you are ready to continue.

Procedure

  1. To view the links for an entity, select the entity or link record that you want to investigate. Then right-click the record, and from the menu, select Links.

  2. View the information available:

    • In the Links Summary, click on a link type to view all the current link ends for that type.

    • In the Link End Summary, select a link end to display the following information:

      • A summary view of the link end details.

      • All the links to or from this link end. For each link, you can see a summary of the field values. Individual links are identified by the label of the entity at the end of the link and the label of the link itself.

  3. Optional: Modify the records:

    • To modify the main entity, click the toolbar buttons to:

      • Show, edit, or delete the main entity.

      • Show the main entity, its links, and linked entities on an iBase link chart.

      • Find out whether there are any other records in the database that match the main entity.

    • To modify one or several links:

      • In the Links area, select one or more link records, right-click, and select an option from the menu.

    • To modify a link end entity:

      • In Link End Details, click Show Link End. You can review, edit, or delete the entity.