ALIM Web Implementation Guide

To Update Layouts

In some instances, the Files topic may not be visible for Documents, in ALIM Web. For these situations, your existing Document edit and view layouts must be merged with updated layouts in order to see the Files topic on a Documents page.

Note: For larger installations, invoking Merge defaults, Open, or Import may take a considerable amount of time to complete.

Follow these steps to merge current Document File topic layouts with new formats.

  1. Open the ALIM Web Layout Editor.
  2. Expand Documents, and then Edit, in the tree. For example,
  3. From the File menu, select Merge with updated Layout

    The Merge Layouts dialog appears.

  4. In the Options group, ensure that only Import into all layouts of this type and Import new relationships are selected.
  5. Click Merge Defaults. The Merge Defaults options appear.
  6. Select the relationships you want to merge into your default layout, and then click Import. For example,

    The relationships are updated.

  7. From the Documents node in the tree, select View.
  8. Repeat Steps 4 to 6. The View relationships are updated.
Your existing Documents File topics are now merged with the new format, and will be visible in Edit and View modes.