Details sidebar
Clicking a row in the catalogue opens a sidebar for that variable, like the page panel elsewhere in Capable. The open row stays highlighted. The header shows the variable's name with Edit, Delete and Close panel buttons.
#Details
Field | What it shows |
|---|---|
Value | The current value. A person shows with their avatar and name. |
Type | Text, Number, User or Date. |
Scope | This space or Global. |
Description | Only when one is set. |
Usage | Used on N pages that you can see, which opens Capable Search filtered to those pages, or No pages that you can see use this variable. Left out when the count cannot be worked out. |
Last updated and Updated by | When the value last changed, and who changed it. |
Below the details are Restrictions and Version history. See Edit access and version history.
#Editing
Select Edit in the sidebar header (or in the row's ... menu). The details turn into a form.
Change the name, value or description. The type cannot be changed.
Read the notice: Saving changes the text of every page that shows this variable, including pages you cannot edit. Those pages get no new version and watchers are not notified.
Select Save. You see Variable saved.
The form loads a fresh copy when it opens and checks again just before saving. If someone else saved in between, it shows their value and asks you to apply your change again. See Someone else changed this variable while you were editing.
#Deleting
Delete asks you to confirm and tells you how many pages that you can see use the variable, warning that they will show [unavailable]. Deleting moves the variable to the space trash. See Retire or replace a variable safely.
#A few things that catch people out
The usage count only includes pages you can see, and pages published in the last few minutes may not be counted yet. A count of zero does not prove nobody uses the variable.
Edit is greyed out when your permissions or the variable's restrictions do not let you change it.
#Related
Everything about one variable, in one panel.
