Data View

When you select the Data view, the "Contents" field displays the Data tab. This tab contains the following columns and window elements:

Combo box

The combo box at the top-right corner offers all datasets as defined in the data editor of the selected component. The selected dataset determines the values shown in the Data column.

Name

This column contains names and kind/scope symbols of the elements in the selected component. For messages, message type symbols are shown instead of kind/scope symbols.

Type

This column contains types and type symbols of the elements in the selected component. For messages, the type symbol represents the data type of the message (e.g. , , etc.), not the message type (send, receive, send & receive).

Data

This column shows the data values for the elements in the selected component, according to the dataset selected in the combo box.

Method arguments, return values, and method-/process-runnable-local variables are displayed in gray, and with n/a in the Data column.

See also

Views in the Component Manager

Editing Data in the Data View