When exploring a node in Detail View, you can create new nodes for emerging themes and categories. To refine the nodes, you can uncode intersecting content.
For example, early in a project you might code content at the node Community Groups. When exploring the node, you 'code on' to the finer categories of Sport Clubs and Church Groups. To refine Community Groups, you could select it as the 'target' node and uncode all content that intersects with Sport Clubs and Church Groups.
To remove all coding intersecting selected nodes:
In List View, select the required 'target' node. Click and drag to select multiple consecutive nodes or hold down the CTRL key to select non-consecutive nodes.
On the Code menu, click Uncode Intersecting Content.
The Select Project Items dialog box is displayed.
On the left, select the folder (Free Nodes, Tree Nodes, Cases or Relationships) containing the nodes you want to uncode. If you want to uncode at all nodes within a folder, click the folder check box—all nodes coding the content are automatically selected.
On the right, select the nodes you want to uncode. To select all nodes under a parent node, click the Automatically select hierarchy check box.
Click theSelect All button to automatically select items matching the criteria.
If the node has a nickname, you can enter it in the Select item from nickname drop-down list and click the Select button.
To uncode by users, click the required option in the Uncode at field:
—removes coding done by all users identified
Current User—removes coding done by the current user
Selected Users—removes coding done by selected users. Clicking on the Select button will display the Select Project Item dialog box to enable you to choose the required users.
Click OK.
Intersecting content is removed from the target node.