OSEE Artifact Explorer

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The Artifact Explorer view, shown by default in the Define perspective, shows the artifact hierarchy of the selected branch. The artifact hierarchy is derived from the artifact's default hierarchy relation. By default, all branches have a default hierarchy root artifact which is the hierarchy tree's base element.

Toolbar buttons

Icon	Description
	Collapses all tree nodes.
	Navigates to the parent container of the artifacts that are currently displayed at the top level in the view.
	Opens a new instance of the Artifact Explorer view.
	Opens the Change Report View for the Artifact Explorer's selected branch. This report will show all changes made to the selected branch.
	Opens the Quick Search View for the selected branch.
	Opens an action against the Artifact Explorer view.

Pop-up Menu

To display, select one or more artifacts and perform a right-click.

Command	Description
Open	Opens the selected artifact using the default editor.
Open With	Opens a sub-menu listing the available editor's for this artifact.
Reveal on Another Branch	Open's a new instance of Artifact Explorer for a user selected branch. Expands tree elements to display the selected artifact to be revealed.
New Child	Creates a new artifact and places it directly under the selected artifact.
Go Into	Sets the selected artifact as the base of the artifact hierarchy tree hiding artifacts except child artifacts.
Mass Edit	Opens the Artifact Mass Editor populated with the selected artifacts.
Sky Walker
Delete Artifact	Deletes the selected artifacts.
Purge Artifact(s)	Purges the selected artifacts from the data store.
Rename Artifact	Allows a user to quickly change the artifact's name attribute.
Show Resource History	Opens the Resource History view for the selected artifact. This will display all transactions for this artifact.
Import	Opens Eclipse's import dialog.
Export	Opens Eclipse's export dialog.
Lock	Locks the artifact so the current user is the only one allowed to make changes to its attributes.
Copy	Copies the artifact.
Paste	Pastes the artifact.
Expand All	Expands all tree nodes from the selected artifact down.
Select All	Selects all open tree nodes.
Access Control	Opens the access control dialog.

Operations

Operations that can be performed on an Artifact Explorer.

Command	Description
Cross Branch Drag and Drop	Artifacts can be referenced from other branches by dragging an artifact from one branch and dropping in onto another Artifact Explorer. The outcome will be one of two actions. If the artifact already existed on the branch it will be updated with the source artifacts state data. If the artifact did not exist on the destination branch it will be introduced to that branch. Meaning it will show up in the change report as an introduced artifact.
File Document Drag and Drop	Artifacts can be created by dragging and dropping files directly onto the parent artifact. After the drop is performed, the Artifact Import Wizard should open. Select the import method and artifact type to convert file into. This should create a child artifact directly under the artifact where the file was dropped.