Modifying WM Data Dictionaries
  1. Select Admin from the Extras menu.
  2. Open Data Dictionary from the Admin menu in the classic interface.
  3. Double click on the desired data dictionary.  Most of the ones we might want to modify are of the format LBNL_DD_ATTRIBUTE where ATTRIBUTE is the name of the database attribute that the data dictionary is tied to.  For example, LBNL_DD_COORD_SYS is tied to the COORD_SYS attribute in the MODEL_3D class.  (Note: some fields are not handled this way.  For example category codes and title string fields are built from another data class and not data dictionaries.  So you cannot use this technique on those fields.)



  4. For the ENUMSTR (enumerated string) data dictionary type, the values are just a list of strings shown in the bottom of the window that pops up.  Buttons are available on the right to delete entries and to add new ones.



  5. When you are finished modifying the values, hit Confirm to save the changes.  Cancel aborts all changes.  Changes that you make are immediately available to WM clients without need for them to be restarted.

Updated 11/07/2002 by  James