Using Componentization Features
While using Components, you can perform some operations on those Components from the Parent Template.
The option expands the Component to display all the Steps inside the Component.
The View button appears only on Component Steps as shown below.
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The Steps of the Embedded Component are displayed as shown below.
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You can hide the Steps inside the Component using the Hide button highlighted below.
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The Template Variables of the embedded Component Template are listed in the Local Variables section. The variable categories Text Customization, Custom Field, PTC, and General are presented as collapsible sections under Local Variables. You can edit the Variable values, but the name and description cannot be modified.
Here, Battery Inspection is the Component Template added to the main Template Battery Maintenance. Any changes made to the values in the Component Step does not affect the variable values in the Battery Inspection Template.
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Edit variables dialog contains only variabilized Fields. You can click on the Component to edit the Variable values as shown below.
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Note
You cannot add new variables to the Component Step.
Variabilized Custom Fields and PTC details can be edited using the Edit Variables dialog.
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A progress indicator is displayed in the top corner of the pop-up to highlight the number of Variables filled.
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Variables can be directly edited in the Edit variables dialog. The changes made to the values are reflected in the Local variables section under the Step Information Editor.
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When a Step containing Variables is deleted from a Component Template, the system displays a warning message.
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When you click 
, a confirmation dialog appears.
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When a Step containing Variables is excluded from the Component’s partial selection, the highlighted warning is displayed.
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The View in selection option opens the Component Template in the workspace pane.
Click the three dots to display the Step actions and click View in selection.
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The Component Template is opened as shown below.
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Click the Execution Preview button to view the preview of the Component.
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Click the icon as shown below, to view the preview of the Component Steps.
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This displays the Execution Preview of only the Steps in the Component.
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If there are multiple Component Steps in the main Template, a preview of each Step can be viewed.
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