Configure File Tooltip Text

Tooltips are configurable by an administrator, by defining a parameterized string.

To configure tooltip text for File Selector, do the following:

  1. Login to Aras Innovator as an administrator.
  1. Go to Contents --> Administration --> ItemTypes.
  2. Open the Document ItemType for editing.
  3. Select the Secure Social tab.
  4. Right-click the DiscussionTemplate in the Relationship grid and click Secure Social --> Open from the context menu. The DiscussionTemplate tear-off window appears.
  5. Click to unclaim the template.
  6. Click the FeedTemplate tab.
  7. Click the New FeedTemplate button in the Relationship Toolbar to add a new FileSelectorTemplate in the relationship grid.

Figure 26.

  1. Double-click the properties in the columns to modify them as required;

    1. Filter: Input the file type ID
    2. Reference: Input the file “related_id” value
    3. Tooltip Template: Configure the Tooltip template, for example,

Replace:

File ${File:filename} from ${ItemType:label} ${Item:keyed_name}

To:

Test File ${File:testpdf} from ${ItemType:testssvc} ${Item:pdfdoc}

  1. Save, Unclaim and Close the windows.

Table 8 shows the configuration options and default settings.

Table 6: Configuration options and default settings

Type Parameterization Options Default Setting Example
3D Viewer with single fileLabel property of container ItemType Any property of the current Item Any property of the File Filename without extension, as a calculated value“File “ <filename_no_ext> “ from “<itemtype label> “ “ <item keyed_name>File StepStruder from CAD Document D-24811
PDF Viewer with single fileLabel property of container ItemType Any property of the current Item Any property of the File Filename without extension, as a calculated value“File “ <filename_no_ext> “ from “<itemtype label> “ “ <item keyed_name>File Test Plan from Document D12345
Image Viewer with single fileLabel property of container ItemType Any property of the current Item Any property of the File Filename without extension, as a calculated value“File “ <filename_no_ext> “ from “<itemtype label> “ “ <item keyed_name>File Image001 from Document D35135