Providing enhanced functionality in an interactive electronic technical manual

An apparatus for providing an electrical schematic associated with wiring data found in technical documentation for an item via an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) configured to provide electronic and credentialed access to the technical documentation for the item via an IETM viewer, the apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

• provide a window for display via the IETM viewer executing on a user computing entity being used by a user signed into the IETM, the window comprising the electrical schematic in which a plurality of wires and a plurality of components shown in the electrical schematic are selectable;
• receive input of a selection of a wire of the plurality of wires, wherein the selection of the wire is performed by the user via the IETM viewer;
• responsive to receiving the input of the selection of the wire of the plurality of wires:
• generate a preview wire window for the wire, the preview wire window comprising at least one of wiring information describing properties of the wire and other information related to the wire provided in the wiring data;
• and
• provide the preview wire window for display via the IETM viewer, wherein the preview wire window is superimposed over at least a portion of the window;
• receive input of a selection of a component of the plurality of components, wherein the selection of the component is performed by the user via the IETM viewer;
• and
• responsive to receiving the input of the selection of the component of the plurality of components:
• generate a preview component window for the component, the preview component window comprising at least one of component information describing the component and other information related to the component provided in the wiring data;
• and
• provide the preview component window for display via the IETM viewer, wherein the preview component window is superimposed over at least a portion of the window.

A non-transitory computer storage medium comprising instructions for providing an electrical schematic associated with wiring data found in technical documentation for an item via an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) configured to provide electronic and credentialed access to the technical documentation for the item via an IETM viewer, the instructions being configured to cause one or more processors to at least perform operations configured to:

• provide a window for display via the IETM viewer executing on a user computing entity being used by a user signed into the IETM, the window comprising the electrical schematic in which a plurality of wires and a plurality of components shown in the electrical schematic are selectable;
• receive input of a selection of a wire of the plurality of wires, wherein the selection of the wire is performed by the user via the IETM viewer;
• responsive to receiving the input of the selection of the wire of the plurality of wires:
• generate a preview wire window for the wire, the preview wire window comprising at least one of wiring information describing properties of the wire and other information related to the wire provided in the wiring data;
• and
• provide the preview wire window for display via the IETM viewer, wherein the preview wire window is superimposed over at least a portion of the window;
• receive input of a selection of a component of the plurality of components, wherein the selection of the component is performed by the user via the IETM viewer;
• and
• responsive to receiving the input of the selection of the component of the plurality of components:
• generate a preview component window for the component, the preview component window comprising at least one of component information describing the component and other information related to the component provided in the wiring data;
• and
• provide the preview component window for display via the IETM viewer, wherein the preview component window is superimposed over at least a portion of the window.