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Manipulating data - Entry helpers
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1. | Click the gray side bar to the left of the Address element, to collapse the Address elements.
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2. | Click on or below, the "Person" element text in the grid view.
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This marks the Person and all its sub-elements. Notice that !Person is now available in the Element entry helper.
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3. | Double click the !Person element in the Element entry helper (Append tab active).
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A new Person element with all required sub-elements is appended.
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4. | Click on the Manager attribute of the new Person element. Notice the attributes available in the Attribute entry helper.
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The underlying schema document delivers information to the Entry helpers, specifically the elements or attributes that can be inserted at specific points in the XML document.
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Clicking the Update Entry Helpers icon ![]() |
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The "Manager" attribute has been grayed out, as it already exists in the Person element. Looking in the Info window, you can see all the Manager attribute information: Datatype=boolean, Occurrence=required (which means mandatory).
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5. | Double click the Programmer attribute in the Attribute entry helper.
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This inserts an empty Programmer attribute after the Manager attribute (append tab is active).
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The Programmer attribute is now grayed out in the Attribute entry helper.
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We could continue entering data here, but let's be more efficient and activate the Database/Table view.
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