Relink a branched component

After you make a branched copy of a component, Inspire maintains the relationship between the original component and the new copy. If you want the branched source to use the original version of a referenced component, you can unlink the branched copy.

After you make a branched copy of a component, Inspire maintains the relationship between the original component and the new copy.

  • In the diagram above, this is shown by the yellow dotted line between the original, Map V1, and the branched copy, Map V1.5.

If you want the branched source to use the original version of a referenced component, you can unlink the branched copy.

  • The existing relationship between the source branched component (Map V1.5) and its reference to the branched component you are unlinking (the red Chapter 3) is deleted.
  • Inspire creates a new component relationship between the source branched component (Map V1.5) and the original component reference (the blue Chapter 3). (In the diagram, this is shown by the green arrow with the yellow dots.)
  • The branched source component (Map V1.5) now references the original component (the blue Chapter 3).
  • The unlinked branched component (the red Chapter 3) remains and is no longer referenced by any other source component.

Before you begin

  • You cannot unlink a reference to a map component.

To relink a branched component:

  1. Click Components.
  2. In the Folders pane, navigate to the folder where you've saved the source of a branch that contains a component you want to unlink.
  3. In the Components pane, locate the component that is the source of a branch you want to update.
    • A black icon indicates this is the source component for a branch
    • An orange icon indicates this is both the source of one branch and included in another branch because a different source component referenced it
  4. Right-click the component, select Advanced, and then select Branch Management.

    Results:

    • The Branch Management screen opens.
    • If this is the first time you have opened this component in the tool, you won't see any references listed.
  5. On the Branch Management screen, if you don't see any references listed:

    1. In Select referenced components, select one of the following options:
      • All referenced components
      • Referenced components except xref/conref
      • Referenced components except xref/conref/images
    2. Select the Show referenced components checkbox.
  6. On the Branch Management screen, select a branched component.
  7. At the end of the component's row, select the Options menu and then select Show branches.

    Results:

    • The Show branches screen opens in front of the Branch Management screen.

  8. On the Show branches screen, select a Branch, select the Options menu, and then select Relink.

    This option is not available for a map component.

    Results:

    • You see an in-app notification that the process for rebuilding relationships has started.

    • You can go to the Notifications module to see a new branch report.

    • The report shows you the component that was unlinked in red text.
    • If the unlinked component had references, those are also shown as unlinked and in red text.
    • Go to all. If you want to open the folder that contains all the components listed in a section of the report, click the Select All link
    • Open one. If the component's content needs to be updated, you can click on the component Name, which is a link that opens the component in the Oxygen editor.
      • The Name is listed first.
      • The Name does not contain the file extension.
      • If the component is locked or a binary, you see the component in a read-only viewer.

    • Go to one. If you need to update a component using a system function, such as Rename, you can click on the File Name which is a link that opens the folder where it's stored.

      • The File Name is listed second, after the shorter Name and in parenthesis ().
      • The File Name contains the file extension, for example, .XML or .PNG.