"Settings" button in the Data Table Properties tab is disabled on creating Information Link

"Settings" button in the Data Table Properties tab is disabled on creating Information Link

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Article ID: KB0073543

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Description

The Settings button in Data Table Properties or the On-Demand Settings in the Data Canvas is disabled when the Information Link is opened using the following steps:

- Create Information Link in the Information Designer tab
- Click Open Data button at the bottom of the Information Designer tab
- File --> Save As --> Library Item

Now open the Data --> Data Table Properties, the Settings button is disabled. 

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Issue/Introduction

To enable the Settings button in Data Table Properties to use the On-Demand feature in Information Links

Environment

All

Resolution

We are required to save the Information Link using the following steps which in turn provides the feature of On-Demand:

- Create Information Link in the Information Designer tab
- Click the Save As button at the bottom of Information Designer tab
- Now Click Open Data button, the Settings button is now accessible in Data Table Properties 

On-Demand Settings can also be now directly accessed from Data Canvas.

Additional Information

https://docs.tibco.com/pub/sfire-analyst/latest/doc/html/en-US/TIB_sfire-analyst_UsersGuide/id/id_what_is_the_information_designer.htm?rhhlterm=Information&rhsyns=%20