3.3.1.16. Oversized Containers

The number of items that may appear within a container on the tree is limited to a maximum of 1000 entries. If the number of items within the container exceeds 1000, then no items are listed and in place a message is shown, as seen here.

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Figure 3.40 The “zone” element of the tree, opened, shows that in the “group” item, the slot “Default” contains more than 10,000 groups.

In this case, as there are more than 1000 groups[1] at this position on the tree, none of the items are listed at all. In order to see values for specific item(s) from this list, it will be necessary to select item(s) from it to be watched, as follows.

Click the blue link seen in on the tree. This opens a dialog like the one below.

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Figure 3.41 The dialog from the tree can be used to set as many items as needed from the list onto the “Watch” branch of the tree.

Operation of the dialog is as follows.

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Objects Panel: Oversized Containers on the Tree (3:01) demonstrates adding items to the watch from an oversized list.

  1. The title of the dialog indicates the item listed.

  2. The filter field provides a means of navigating the list (recall, it is probably quite long and scrolling may be inefficient at best). Press enter after putting a value in the filter field to filter the list to items whose names contain the string provided. Select desired items from the list; more than one item at a time may be selected (use shift or ctrl, respectively, to select groups of adjacent items or non-adjacent items).

  3. Press the “Add to Watch” button to add the current selected item(s) to the “Watch” branch of the tree. Repeat steps 2. and 3. here as desired.

  4. Press “Cancel” or “OK” to dismiss the dialog. “Cancel” will dismiss the dialog with no action taken—no groups will be added to the “Watch” branch, even if the “Add to Watch” button was used.

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