Glossary

Glossary
Backup A backup is a copy of all the data in the database. It is a file with .bak extension. Collapse all The Collapse all pop-up allows you to hide all the children of the selected node. Documentation-only grid The information shown in this type of grid does not affect the solution or the results of the project. Edit Mode Edit Mode is when the pencil icon in the row header appears and the data is not saved yet to the database. Expand all The Expand all pop-up allows you to expand the current node to display all its descendants. Export Project Export Projects is an action used to export a single project to a file (a .rex file). Export to an Excel file You can export all the data shown in the node by executing this action. The destination Excel file should be closed to allow this action. The content of each node tab will be copied to corresponding Excel sheets. You can sequentially export from different nodes to same Excel file. When reexporting the content of a node into the same Excel file, the related sheets have their data replaced by the latest data of the node, while other sheets are kept unchanged. The exported file will show only filtered values if a filter was applied to the data. Import Projects Import Projects is an action used to import projects from a file. Navigation Bar The Navigation Bar is located in the left side of the windows. Further description is provided here. Node A Node is an item of the tree. When the node is selected, its Node Window is shown. Node Window The Node Window is the window that is to the right of the tree, which shows the information pertaining to the node, when the node is selected. The node window displays the grids, graphs or other information about the node. Optience Core Platform Optience Core Platform is a framework which facilitates building end-user applications that enable users to interact with data stored in a database. Pane A pane may contain a grid or a chart. It can be freely moved around the window, and it can be pinned (i.e.: kept fixed in some place) by clicking in the icon, or closed by clicking in the icon). Popup Menu The Menu that appears when you right-click on an object. Preview Pane It is an area inside the grid that displays text or equations in a more convenient format than what would be possible in a short column. Reset Layout Reset Layout allows to refresh the layout to the default settings in the Node Window. REX Library REX Library serves as the knowledge management component of the REX Suite. REX Library facilitates exploration of reaction kinetics databases. Selected Mode The selected mode is the current mode of the project, as specified in the Mode column of Project Explorer → Projects node. Special Syntax Certain text fields in REX must meet special syntax requirements as follows: - The text field should be within 40 characters. - It must not be void. - It must not be a duplicated name. REX recognizes if these rules are violated and renames the fields to meet these requirements. REX also attempts to prevent duplicates in names by appending numeric suffixes to duplicated names. Zoom In/Out You can zoom in around a graph point. To zoom in, click on a given point of the chart, that will be kept as the focus when zooming in by moving up the mouse wheel. To zoom out, move the mouse wheel down. With a touch screen or trackpad, you may use two fingers to pinch open(Zoom in) or pinch close (Zoom out) as well. On some trackpads, scroll with 2 fingers down to zoom in and up to zoom out. Alternately, you may zoom in by dragging a rectangle with the left mouse while pressing the SHIFT key. ALT + Left Mouse resets the zoom back to original. Top of Topic

Backup
A backup is a copy of all the data in the database. It is a file with .bak extension.

Collapse all
The Collapse all pop-up allows you to hide all the children of the selected node.

Documentation-only grid
The information shown in this type of grid does not affect the solution or the results of the project.

Edit Mode
Edit Mode is when the pencil icon in the row header appears and the data is not saved yet to the database.

Expand all
The Expand all pop-up allows you to expand the current node to display all its descendants.

Export Project
Export Projects is an action used to export a single project to a file (a .rex file).

Export to an Excel file
You can export all the data shown in the node by executing this action. The destination Excel file should be closed to allow this action.
The content of each node tab will be copied to corresponding Excel sheets. You can sequentially export from different nodes to same Excel file. When reexporting the content of a node into the same Excel file, the related sheets have their data replaced by the latest data of the node, while other sheets are kept unchanged.
The exported file will show only filtered values if a filter was applied to the data.

Import Projects
Import Projects is an action used to import projects from a file.

Navigation Bar
The Navigation Bar is located in the left side of the windows.
Further description is provided here.

Node
A Node is an item of the tree. When the node is selected, its Node Window is shown.

Node Window
The Node Window is the window that is to the right of the tree, which shows the information pertaining to the node, when the node is selected. The node window displays the grids, graphs or other information about the node.

Optience Core Platform
Optience Core Platform is a framework which facilitates building end-user applications that enable users to interact with data stored in a database.

Pane
A pane may contain a grid or a chart. It can be freely moved around the window, and it can be pinned (i.e.: kept fixed in some place) by clicking in the

icon, or closed by clicking in the

icon).

Popup Menu
The Menu that appears when you right-click on an object.

Preview Pane
It is an area inside the grid that displays text or equations in a more convenient format than what would be possible in a short column.

Reset Layout
Reset Layout allows to refresh the layout to the default settings in the Node Window.

REX Library
REX Library serves as the knowledge management component of the REX Suite. REX Library facilitates exploration of reaction kinetics databases.

Selected Mode
The selected mode is the current mode of the project, as specified in the Mode column of Project Explorer → Projects node.

Special Syntax
Certain text fields in REX must meet special syntax requirements as follows:

REX recognizes if these rules are violated and renames the fields to meet these requirements. REX also attempts to prevent duplicates in names by appending numeric suffixes to duplicated names.

Zoom In/Out
You can zoom in around a graph point. To zoom in, click on a given point of the chart, that will be kept as the focus when zooming in by moving up the mouse wheel. To zoom out, move the mouse wheel down.
With a touch screen or trackpad, you may use two fingers to pinch open(Zoom in) or pinch close (Zoom out) as well. On some trackpads, scroll with 2 fingers down to zoom in and up to zoom out.
Alternately, you may zoom in by dragging a rectangle with the left mouse while pressing the SHIFT key. ALT + Left Mouse resets the zoom back to original.

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