Displaying elements in a table

The table structure displays information in columns and rows. Each column contains an attribute and each row contains an element. All of the element information is included. You can display elements in standard and dynamic tables.

Procedure

  1. In the Display menu, select a view.
  2. Click Display the elements in a table structure icon for standard table and Display the elements in an editable table icon for dynamic table.
  3. Using standard table, you can:
    • Sort the table according to an attribute. Click the title of that attribute. All of the elements in the view are sorted.
    • Sort the table in the same order as the order in the tree view. Click Tree View Sorting.
    • Edit or view the attributes of an element. Click the title of that element.
    • Export data to Excel and Update from Excel.
  4. Using dynamic table, you can:
    • Double-click to edit the simple attributes like integer, float, text (simple text), checkbox, choice, date, title and URL inline.
    • Double-click to edit attributes like richtext, multiline text, multichoice, matrix, history, version, list-conv style, password attributes using a popup window.
      Note: In List Text attribute, to remove the formatting, you must select all the text before you click the Remove Format icon.
    • Double-click to edit formula values using a popup window.
    • Drag and drop single or multiple columns.
    • Resize the column width.
    • Perform nested sorting in the table.
    • Hover the mouse on ... to display complex attributes (like timegrid, matrix, history and so on) that cannot be displayed inline
    • Click the hyperlink on the title element to display all the attributes that can be viewed or edited.
    • Use the tooltip to see the display value of the attribute.
      Note: Tooltip does not appear for integer, float, checkbox and date attributes.
    • Export data to Excel and Update from Excel.
    • Click Tree View Sorting to sort the table in the same order as that in the tree view.

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