Trimble Tilos Help

Understand Link Categories

Link types are used to define different types of links. The Link categories are managed in the Library\ Other \Link categories folder.

Ways to access

Set a double-click the entries under the folder 'Link categories' to open the Edit Link Attributes Dialog.
In the Tilos Explorer, expand Library > Other Libraries > Link Categories from the libraries and you will see a list of existing link categories in the working area.

Add, edit, and delete

Link types are used to define different types of links.

In the Tilos Explorer, click to expand Library > Other Libraries and double-click Link Categories to see a list of existing link types in the working window.
Use the buttons on the right to:
- Add Link Type - Add a new blank row in the table in which you can define another type of link.
- Delete Link Type - Remove a selected link type row.
- Edit Link Type - Open the Edit Link Attributes dialog for a selected link type where you can specify/edit the Name, active status, Link line style, and Link color. For details, see the Setting Link Attributes help topic.
To edit which columns are shown in the Units table, right-click a column header and select Setup to open the Spreadsheet Settings dialog. You can also Lock columns, Copy data to clipboard, and Reset to default from this context menu

Exchanging Data with other Programs

Use your computer's clipboard to exchange data types from this list with other programs and vice versa. For more information, see the Export via the Clipboard and Import via the Clipboard help topics.

Import/export using the clipboard

Click either:

Export to Clipboard - Use this to copy all of the data in the list to your computer's clipboard to make it available to paste into other programs, such as Microsoft Excel for MS Project, Asta Powerproject, and Primavera:

First, click Export to Clipboard, check/uncheck boxes for all of the fields you want to include/exclude in the Fields for Clipboard Import/Export dialog, and change the Column Numbers and Column Letters to re-arrange the order of the exported columns.
Review the Clipboard preview at the bottom of the pane to see the order and fields that are ready for export and click OK.
Finally, paste from the clipboard into MS Excel or a similar tabular program by clicking in a cell and pressing Control + V.

Import from Clipboard - Use this to copy all of the data on your computer's clipboard to the open Tilos list.

First, copy from MS Excel or a similar tabular program to the clipboard by selecting data types you need in Tilos and pressing Control + C.
With one of the Project Data or Library lists open in Tilos, click Import from Clipboard, check/uncheck boxes for all of the fields you want to include/exclude in the import in the Fields for Clipboard Import/Export dialog, and change the Column Numbers or Column Letters to re-arrange the order of the imported columns.
Review the Clipboard preview at the bottom of the pane to see the order and fields that are ready for import and click OK. The data is pasted into your open Tilos list.

Fields that can be exported/imported

Name and Reschedule

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Further information

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