Identifier Dialog

Applicability: Cranium, Synapse (core versions 0315+)

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In most chapters, the top-most field is the identifier field.

The Identifier field uses the Identifier dialog to display and edit the identifer of the current entity. Typically the identifier is the common name of the entity but it can be any unique value. (It is very important that the identifier is unique for a specifc entity type, e.g., there should be only one chemical named acetone.)

Edit an identifier for a Chemical entity

Open the MKS Sample KB document and change to the Chemicals chapter.
Click the left mouse button on the Identifier Field, the field at the top of the chapter. (Any chemical will do.) The application activates the Identifier dialog.
The Identifier dialog enables to to edit the entity's identifier, specify a reference and add comments.
Press the Cancel button. Typically you would press the Save button to store your additions or changes to the current document. For this example we did not wish to make any changes.

Edit Control Menu

Clicking the right mouse button within a text edit control (the value, reference and comments control in this dialog) displays the edit control menu.

See the Symbol Dialog documentation for more information on inserting special symbols.

Additional Identifier Dialog Commands

The Identifier dialog sometimes displays one or more buttons that can be used to insert additional information into the value field. For example, the Techniques' chapter Identifier dialog can insert the physical property prefix in front of the entered identifier.

The Groups' chapter Identifier dialog can automatically generate the name of a group given its molecular structure. For example, for the group:

pressing the Identifier dialog's Default button would generate the following name.

Related Documentation

Additional documentation on displaying, editing, copying and pasting property values can be found in the introductory documentation listed in the Related Documentation section below.

Topic	Description
Getting Started using Synapse	provides a quick tour of Synapse's capabilities including examples of chemical product design.
Getting Started using Cranium	provides a quick tour of Cranium's capabilities including a discussion of structure editing.
Estimating Chemical Properties	a short video demonstrating how to estimate the physical properties of chemicals using either Synapse or Cranium.
Estimating Mixture Properties	a short video demonstrating how to estimate the physical properties of mixtures using either Synapse or Cranium.