Use the pop-up menu
The pop-up menu provides options that either select a user preference,
initiate an action, or display properties related to the selected object.
You can activate the pop-up menu by right-clicking either a node in the
tree view or an
object displayed in the details pane.
For details on actions available for a selected node or object, initiate
Help for the selected object. For example, to activate Help describing
options available to the Document Class, select the Document Class in
the tree view and press F1.
To use the Enterprise Manager's pop-up menu from the tree view
- Right-click any node in the tree view. A menu opens, similar to the following example:

NOTE In addition to the standard options shown in this example, the pop-up menu offers options that apply specifically to the selected object. These node-specific options provide alternative methods of initiating tasks available through submenus.
- Select the desired action from this menu.
To use Enterprise Manager's pop-up menu from the details view
- Right-click the node for which you want to display the details view. For example, to view the document classes defined, right-click the Document Classes node in the tree view.
- Select View > Detail to change the view displayed in the details pane.
- Right-click the specific row that describes the object.
- Select the desired action from the pop-up menu, as shown in the following example.
The following paragraphs describe some standard options available through
context-menus.
- User Preferences
- Sets user preferences. This option is available only for some objects.
- Selecting this option from the root node enables you to define the global
preferences.
- Selecting this option from an object store node enables you to define preferences
that apply only to the specific object store.
- New > object
- Starts the wizard to create the specified object. For example, when you
open this option from the Object Stores node, you can select New > Object
Store to start the create an object store wizard.
- View > list of views
- Opens a submenu with the view options for the details pane. It also provides
an option to customize the MMC and snap-in objects displayed on the MMC.
- New window from here
- Opens a new window with your selected node as the root node.
TIP To
toggle between different opened windows, use the MMC Window menu.
- New taskpad view
- Opens the Taskpad View wizard that helps you create a taskpad for the selected
node.
NOTE This
MMC feature is available only when the MMC is in author mode.
- Edit taskpad view
- Opens a property sheet for the currently selected taskpad view that enables
you to modify the general properties and defined tasks.
NOTE This
MMC feature is available only when the MMC is in author mode and the selected
node has a user-defined taskpad view.
- Delete taskpad view
- Deletes the currently selected taskpad view.
NOTE This
MMC feature is available only when the MMC is in author mode and the selected
node has a user-defined taskpad view.
- All Tasks > task list
- Opens a list of tasks you can perform on the selected node. These tasks
are also available through the taskpad.
- Refresh
- Refreshes details shown in Enterprise Manager. This is necessary only
if another system administrator is working remotely on the same Content Engine
server, and you want to view any changes.
- Export List
- Exports to a text file the data displayed in the details pane. For details,
see the MMC Help topic on how to export columns to a text file.
- Properties
- Displays the property sheet for the selected node.
- Delete
- Deletes the selected object from being shown in the Enterprise Manager's
tree view.
See the related Help topic to determine if this actually removes the object
from the server and what conditions must exist to allow for deletion. For example,
for more details on deleting an object store using this option. See Delete
an object store for more information.
- Rename
- Selects the name assigned to the selected node and lets you change it.
- Help
- Opens the Help text that provides information for the selected node. For
example, selecting this option from a pop-up menu for the Content Stores
node opens the Content Stores
topic separately from the entire set of Content Engine Help.