The Six Main Entity Types

The six main entity types in ATLAS.ti are:

  • Documents (see the main manual).
  • Quotations (see the main manual).
  • Codes (see the main manual).
  • Memos (see the main manual).
  • Networks (see the main manual).
  • Links (see the main manual).

All entity types have their own manager. See Entity Managers (see the main manual).. The Entity Managers allow access to the entities and provide several options and functions.

To open a manager, double-click on the button in the ribbon.

Entity Managers are child or dependent window of the main editor. Child windows have some common properties:

  • They are closely related to the parent window 'knows' about changes in the child window, like the selection of an item, and vice vera.

  • They can be resized and positioned independently of their parent window.

  • They are minimized when the parent window is minimized and they are restored with their parent window.

  • They are closed when the parent window is closed.

  • However, child windows do NOT move with the parent window.

Miscellaneous Goodies

You can copy the content of every entity, be it a document name, a group name, a code, memo or quotation name, or a node in a network and paste it into an editor or a network.

If you copy an entity name from a list into an editor, the name is pasted.

If you copy a node and paste it into an editor, the name of the node is pasted.

If you copy the name of an entity and paste it into a network, it is pasted as node. If links already exist, they will be shown immediately.