References to dynamic link sources

Depending on the type of a dynamic link source, the property value field displays the reference in different ways.

Property values

Referenced source types
Source type
Property value
A node or a variable
The
BrowseName
of the source.
An attribute of a node or of a variable
BrowseName@
name of the attribute
An array variable
BrowseName[
array index values
]
An array index of the array variable
BrowseName[
array index number
]
For example,
[0]
is the first array index.
A bit index
BrowseName[
bit index number
]
For example, [0] is the first bit index.
A property of a node
The path to the source node.
A node or a variable formatted by the user
The information about the source followed by
(formatted)
Reference types
Reference type
Description
Property value example
Absolute
A complete path to the referenced source that starts with the root directory.
ProjectName/Model/SourceVariable
Relative
A path to the referenced source that starts with the target node directory.
../SourceVariable
With aliases
Any type of a path that contains aliases.
An alias is a variable type that points to a source node and has a unique identifier property. For more information, see Aliases.
{Motor}/Speed
TIP:
Selecting the blue link (
../SourceVariable
in the example), brings you to the link target (
SourceVariable
node).
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