Create or Edit Component

A new component of a particular type can be created by pressing the blue [Create New Component of this Type] button found on various pages in the database interface. This button will always be associated with a single specific component type, which can be determined based on the context of the button.

The user-defined information in a particular component record - that is, the information that was entered into the component's type form during its creation - may be edited at any time, and as many times as desired, by pressing the yellow [Edit Component] button found on that component's information page.

Both of these activities share the same interface page, which looks similar to the following:

The component's type and full UUID are displayed at the top of the page - please note that these cannot be changed. Below this, the red-outlined box indicates the component type form where user-defined information about the component should be entered, with its specific layout being dependent on the component type. If this page is being used to edit a component's information, the fields in the type form will be pre-populated with any existing user-defined information already present in the component record. Otherwise, the fields will begin with their default values.

Required fields in the type form (that is, those which must be filled before the record can be saved into the database) will be indicated by a red asterisk next to the field's label. Fields with a white background can be changed directly by the user, whereas those with a grey background cannot - these will be automatically populated by the interface based on information entered elsewhere in the type form.

Once all desired information has been entered into the type form and/or all changes have been made, the user must press the green [Submit Component Record] button at the bottom of the type form to save the component into the database. If the button is faded out and does nothing if pressed, this indicates that not all required information fields have been filled. Upon a successful submission, the user will then be automatically redirected to the component's information page.