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Use the column editing commands

  • Right-click any column header in the Trace window to open the Column menu that has commands you can select to manipulate the data.

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The following table describes the Column menu commands.

Column menu command

Description

Sort Ascending

Sorts column data in ascending order (A-Z).

Sort Descending

Sorts column data in descending order (Z-A).

Clear Sorting

Removes all previously-applied sorting of column data.

Group By This Column

Adds this column to the grouping.

You can also drag a column to the header area to group the data. After columns are grouped, you can drag and drop them in any order.

Show/Hide Group By Box

Hides or displays the column grouping area.

Remove this Column

Removes a column from the table.

Column Chooser

Opens the Customization dialog where you can select the columns you want to be visible.

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Best Fit

Resizes a column width to the widest entry in that column.

Best Fit (all columns)

Resizes all column widths so that the widest entry in each column is visible.

Filter Editor

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For detailed information about using the Filter Editor commands, see Filter column data.

Allows you to filter a column using various statements and values:

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Show/Hide Find Panel

Displays/hides a search box where you can enter search keywords and terms.

When you select the Find button, your search terms are highlighted in the data table (if found).

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Show/Hide Auto Filter Row

Shows/hides a row under the selected column heading so you can filter a column on just the data you enter in the filtering row.

Clear All Filters

Removes all applied filtering from all columns.

Hide Column

Removes the selected column from the data table view. (You can restore a column with the Column Chooser.)

Use the Custom AutoFilter menu

When working with DataMiner workbook data (specifically data tables), custom column data filtering options are available that you can use to filter data in a more granular way.

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For details about creating a custom filter and filtering parameters, see Filter column data

  1. To view the Custom AutoFilter commands, select a column header, select the small "pushpin" icon to the right of the column title, then select (Custom) from the menu that displays.

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  2. In the Custom AutoFilter dialog, specify the desired data filtering criteria, then select OK.

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    Filtered results are displayed at the bottom of the data and will be used for your data table. Select the Edit Filter button to the right of the custom filter to edit the filter parameters. To delete the custom filter, select the Close box 

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Use summary commands for grouped column data

After you group column data by one or more data fields, the data can be summarized at the footer of the column (the blank area just below the last cell in the grouped column).

  • To summarize column data, right-click the footer of a grouped column, then select a command.

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    The summary commands are described in the following table.

Command

Description

Sum

Adds all values to get the total sum.

Min

Displays the minimum value contained in the column.

Max

Displays the maximum value contained in the column.

Count

Displays the count of values contained in the column.

Average

Displays the average of all the values in the column.

DCount

Calculates the number of distinct (unique) values in the column.

Comma Delimited List

Lists the contents of the column in a comma separated list.

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The summary commands are helpful when creating charts. The size or length of a bar or indicator in a chart is determined by the column summary values.

Expand or collapse grouped column data

  • To expand or collapse grouped column data for easier reading, right-click above a column header and select Full Expand or Full Collapse.

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