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title: "Component Details Configuration"
slug: "component-detail-configuration"
updated: 2025-08-12T20:14:55Z
published: 2025-08-12T20:14:55Z
canonical: "support.beast-code.com/component-detail-configuration"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.beast-code.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Component Details Configuration

Use the Component Details page in the Beast Core 6 Workspace Configuration plugin to configure component attribute information in ways that maximize its readability and usefulness. To understand how these settings affect the user experience, refer to the [Interact with Components and Systems](/beast-core/docs/interact-with-components-and-systems) article.

## Access the Component Details Page

1. Left click the far left **page with pencil** ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-1IZCZ6A4.png) icon.
  - Or select **Workspace Configuration** in the **Admin** section of the left-hand navigation pane

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-P8TH4P9J.png)
2. Select the **Component Details** page tab in the main screen **Config Editor** window.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-G422OPIH.png)

## Page Functionality

1. Use the ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2025-07-31 113547.png) textbox feature to locate a particular word in a **Reference Name** or **Field Header** entry by keyword.

1. Use the **Is Visible** toggle to show (toggle right) or hide (toggle left) a particular **Reference Name** metadata textbox in the user view.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-AXURIWHH.png)

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
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> Users can view a selected component’s visible metadata on the Details Pane → **Information** tab.
2. Use the **Reference Name** or **Field Header** filters to display items in those columns in A-Z or Z-A order.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-NSHG12J1.png)
3. Items in the **Reference Name** column represent the different categories of component information stored in the database.

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
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> Listed **Reference Names** may *only* be edited via the Component Processor editing tool’s export/import CSV files feature.
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> See the [Export and Import Component Metadata](/beast-core/docs/importing-and-exporting-component-metadata) article for additional information.
  - If a particular **Reference Name** is toggled **Is Visible**, the end user sees a textbox containing the information stored in the database for that attribute category
    - Example: The “Part Number” **Reference Name** is toggled **Is Visible**![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-KHBFYMK0.png)
      - The end user sees a selected component’s *actual* part number in that attribute textbox

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-FPRDIC37.png)
4. To avoid potential end-user confusion:
  - Add **Field Header** identifiers (easy-to-read captions) for *all* **Reference Names** (component attributes) toggled **Is Visible**

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-3OL46TE4.png)
    - Use non-technical wording
    - Spell out acronyms (unless commonly known)

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
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> **Field Header** names (for a component currently selected by the user):
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> - Display in ALL CAPS above the component metadata textboxes on the Details Pane → **Information** tab
> - Provide context and meaning to maximize the data’s usefulness
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> ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-D3TX7VQT.png)
  - Disable the **Is Visible** toggle for all component attributes that do *not* have **Field Header** entries

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
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> Unlabeled component data is difficult to interpret and use because it lacks context.
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> The screenshot below shows how unlabeled component metadata displays on the Details Pane’s **Information** tab (when **Reference Names** without **Field Headers** are left visible to the user).
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> Notice that it’s impossible to determine what the **N/A** and **0** data means without accompanying **Field Headers**.
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> ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-RLB73BPH.png)