Global Meta Item Management
Creation and management of Global Meta Items is also done via this Event Management page. The UI to do this accessed via the toolbar of the main grid.
Once you click the globe icon you will be brought to the primary GMI screen. To create a new GMI click the +Add New GMI button. GMIs are not as advanced as the Meta Items you may be used to in Events. They can only be set to one of 3 types (string, integer, decimal), this type is decided upon creation and cannot be changed later. The main GMI grid is displayed below.
When creating/editing a GMI you can change the name, description and current value. Though you may specify multiple options only one can be active at any moment. Whichever value is highlighted (after hitting Save Changes) will be the value users will get when they update their references to your GMI in their events.
In the instance above the GMI named "Cruise ID" has a current value of "HB-20-01". Any event running which references this GMI will have it's value set to "HB-20-01" when it executes an Update Action.
It is advisable to update any and all GMIs prior to running your events (ideally prior to departure) to avoid incorrect values being saved into the them.
Do not forget to hit Save Changes to ensure your currently selected value is the one the GMI gets set to! Highlighting/clicking the value is not enough!
Be very careful when deleting GMIs. You will make any referencing event templates invalid if you do not clear them out of the template first!