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Opening a Read-Only Version of Inventory Details on the Inventory View

If you want to examine a read-only version of the details for a given inventory item on the Inventory view, use the procedure described in this section. The inventory details are displayed on a slide-out panel within the Inventory view, providing an easy means of obtaining information about the inventory item without having to open the project link on the view (although links are available on the slide-out, enabling you to access the project if necessary).

Alternatively, you can open the links to the project directly from the Inventory view to view and edit inventory, as described in Opening the Project Associated with Inventory from the Inventory View.

To open a read-only view of the details for a given inventory item, do the following:

  1. Open the Inventory view. For instructions, see Opening the Inventory View.

  2. Click within the row of the inventory item whose details you want to view. (Click anywhere within the row except on linked text or a linked icon.)

    • A slide-out panel is displayed, showing most of the inventory tabs and details that are also available for the inventory item on its Project Inventory Details pane in the actual project. (Note that the Component Details tab is not available on the slide-out.) Unlike the Project Inventory Details pane, you cannot edit detail values on the slide-out.

    • While the slide-out details are read-only, certain values are hyperlinked, enabling you to still explore and maintain the inventory item (as your permissions allow). For example, you can click the Project name link to open the Project Inventory tab in the actual project, where you can access and edit any inventory in the project. Or you can click the inventory item’s Name link to open the item’s Project Inventory Details pane in project, where you can actually edit the inventory item. Links are also available to open and maintain existing tasks and alerts for the inventory item and to access the item’s Provenance, Workflow, and component URL sites.

    • For a description of all available inventory details, see Project Inventory Details Pane.

  3. Once you have completed examining the details, click in window area outside the slide-out (or click in the upper-right corner of the slide-out) to close it.