Submitted by David_H on 2009/01/08 08:48
Normally when I delete an item it asks me if I want to delete it from the grid or all grids.  However I have some items that exist in multiple grids that only give me the option of deleting from all grids.  But I don't want to delete from all grids.  Any idea what causes this?  FWIW the way it happened is that I was experimenting with the right click feature called "add tagged items as sub-items".  It added a bunch of sub-items under the main item, and now no matter what I do, when I click on those sub-items it only gives me the option of "erase entirely from file - all grids".  I also notice that if I click through the various sub-items which go several levels deep, in the properties window only the top level item shows that it is in more than one grid, even though in actuality ALL the sub-items are in more than one grid.

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The option to remove from this grid only is shown when the item belongs to the grid. In this case, these are sub-items (of an item that belongs to the grid), so it is not possible to remove it. You can:
  1. Remove the parent link
  2. Setup a 2 level filter, set filter applies to sub-items and in the 2nd level, write up something that will exclude that sub-item
In addition, filters can contain 2 parts (separated by a | ). The first part will be applied to main items and the second part to sub-items. An example of this, you can have main items showing contacts and filter sub-items to only show phone calls to those contacts, all other (non phone call related) sub-items will not be shown (notes, correspondence,projects, etc).

Format:  MainFilter | SubItemsFilter


 

David_H

2009/01/08 14:39

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[quote=Pierre_Admin]
The option to remove from this grid only is shown when the item belongs to the grid. In this case, these are sub-items (of an item that belongs to the grid), so it is not possible to remove it.[/quote]
I was able to remove the items by removing the parent link but just to further my understanding I do not understand the above.  First of all, grids are just views so how can an item "belong" to one?  Secondly, in any other grid I can create a sub-item and then delete it and be prompted to delete it from the grid or the file (all grids).  How is this different?  Is it because it has more than one parent?

Pierre_Admin

2009/01/08 14:59

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True that grids are just views, but items displayed in a grid can be one of 3 types:
  1. the item meets the grid criteria. It is said that the item belongs to the grid
  2. the item is a parent of an item that meets 1. above  (shown in blue, Grid > Context parents is checked)
  3. the item is a sub-item (or sub-sub ...) of an item that meets 1. above (perhaps, these could show in another color, as for context parents)
The fact that it prompts you in some grid and not others could be a bug. If you have an example starting from a fresh file, I'll take a look at it.
 
Having multiple parents has no effect on this.

David_H

2009/01/08 16:56

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Thanks, no need, I just want to understand.  I know how to fix it if it pops up so I am good.