About Data Grid

Data grid provides comprehensive information about a logical reference contents. The logical reference displayed in the ID card is the root of the view. You can choose one of the following views.

  • Structured View-The logical references are organized according to instance or reference hierarchy.
  • Flattened View- The logical references are flattened.
    Note: This is the recommended view for global sorting of logical references.

This page discusses:

Data Grid Principles

The data grid is divided in two parts as follows.

Data Entities Metadata
Displayed on left side of the window. Displayed on right side of the window.
Displayed with their title Displayed by column. The column header displays the name of the attribute
Entities are organized multilevel according to the chosen view. When an entity does not carry the attribute, the cell is left empty.
The instance and reference data are federated in a single line. Attribute values are displayed in a format depending on their type.
A line number is displayed on the left of the data grid. the metadata are displayed regardless of their origin, it can be custom attributes, attributes issued from classification in the library.

Selection in Data Grid

Do one of the following to select rows.

  • Click the line number (multiselection is available.)
  • Right-click the row.
  • To select or cancel the selection all the rows click the check box to the left of the title column header.

Column Management

You can manage the column you want to see by right-clicking in any of the Data Grid View column headers.

  • You can hide or show columns by clicking the corresponding column names.
  • You can pin columns on the left or right.
Note: : A pinned column will always be displayed on the left or right of the rest of DGV displayed columns.
  • Column widths are responsive to window size.
  • You can manage custom views by clicking Custom Views.
    • To create a new profile, click Create New View and select the required column. Enter a name and click Save.
    • Already defined custom views can be retrieved through the View list.

Row Management

To sort and filter rows do one of the following.

  • You can filter rows by defining criteria on attribute values. You click on the loop/filter icon in the column header. A panel allows you to define (combined) criteria. Filtering is available through string comparison, with three available modes (starts with, ends with and contains). Multiple filters can be added for a same column with and or operator between them. With the help of 6WTags, you can perform additional filtering and coloring.
  • Select a column and click Sort. Rows are sorted based on column values.

Note:
  • Sort is adaptive to attribute type.
  • Rows are sorted among the rows of the same level in Data Entities part.
  • The sort result depends on chosen views.