8.10.1.5.  Creating Views Exploration and Graph Based views

Quick View Creation

Exploration and Graph-based views can be created by right clicking on a selection of elements, selecting the view to open and providing one of the four focus modes from the context menu.

Quick View Creation
Figure 8.19. Quick View Creation

A new view will be created with the supplied focus parameter, only direct dependencies (not transitive), both internal and external elements and all the parser dependency types available.

Advanced View Creation

If more configuration options are need upon view creation, users can right click on a selection, select the view to open and click on 'Advanced...'. That will open the Advanced View Creation dialog where all available options can be configured.

Advanced View Creation
Figure 8.20. Quick View Creation

The dialog shown in the previous image shows the advanced representation creation dialog where focus mode, properties and dependency types can be specified prior to creation. See: Section 8.10.1.2, “ Focus Modes ”, Section 8.10.1.4, “ Exploration and Graph-based Views Properties ”