Show a Collection’s Inspector

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There is often more than one way to accomplish a given task. For example, to add attributes to graphs and other objects, you need to drop attribute names on them (see Work with Graphs and Work with Summary Tables). If you can see the attribute names you want, you can drag from where you see them (such as another graph or a case table). If not, use the collection’s inspector. Similarly, you can add or rearrange attributes, or work with formulas or units in either an inspector or a case table. (see Add an Attribute to a Collection, Manage Units in the Collection’s Inspector, or Define an Attribute by Formula Using the Collection’s Inspector.)

Then there are things you can do only in an inspector, such as defining measures or working with category sets (see Define a Measure and Control Behavior of Categorical Attributes Using Category Sets).

To show a collection’s inspector, double-click the collection.

Or…

Select the collection or one or more cases and choose Object | Inspect [Collection/Case/Cases].

Click a tab along the top of the inspector to go to another panel. (The attribute names are in the Cases panel.)

_img118 The collection’s inspector, on the Cases panel

 

 

See also

Inspectors

Inspect [Object]

Inspector Panels