Difference between revisions of "Help:Document a Heureka variable"

Latest revision as of 08:09, 24 October 2008

Search for page "Variable:VarName" where VarName is the name of the variable you want to make an article for.
Accept to create the new page
The template AddNewVariable is automatically loaded (which in turn uses ForestInputData which has the field definitions)
Edit the parameter values after the "="-signs according to your choice

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-#Search for page "Variable:name" where ''name'' is the name of the variable you want to make an article for.
+#Search for page "Variable:VarName" where ''VarName'' is the name of the variable you want to make an article for.
 #Accept to create the new page
-#Use template ForestInputData by adding the following text:<pre> {{ForestInputData}}</pre>
+#The template AddNewVariable is automatically loaded (which in turn uses ForestInputData which has the field definitions)
-#Click Preview
+#Edit the parameter values after the "="-signs according to your choice
-#Now you can see the template parameters in triple-brackets
-#Use the preview to find out the name of each parameter expected. Manually assign each parameter a value (for example a string) by inserting a vertical bar after ForestInputData, foolowed by the parameter name. Example:
-<pre>
- {{ForestInputData
-  |description = field vegetation code according to NFI...
-  |type = integer
- }}
-</pre>
-In the example, "description" and "type" are the parameter names, and the text after the "="-sign the value given to these parameters.