www.microkey.com

Re-Ordering Data Grid Columns & Header Names

This Help File Page was last Modified on 06/20/2018

  • Scroll to top of this topic Scroll to Top of Page

  • Print the current topic Print Topic

  • Send feedback on this topic by email Email Feedback

  • No expanding elements on this page Show/Hide Expanders

❑A tabular (spreadsheet style) View of a set of records is displayed within a List View, which, when this option is selected, will usually replace the existing Record View of the Form.

 

HelpFilesSale-PurchaseItemsActionsMenuDataGrid

 

•Data Grid List Ordering - Click the List Icon which is usually within the Actions section of the Ribbon Menu of the Form

✓There are always two or more columns of Data Grid

▪Each column's Header Name describes the Data contained in that column.

✓You may Re-Order the Data listed within the Data Grid.

▪To (re-)set the sorting Order of the data that's listed, Click on a Header Name.  

▪Each Click switches the listed data's Order (alphabetical or numerical, lowest to highest or highest to lowest).

▪The Header Name that is determining the Order of the list will have an Arrow Icon indicating the Order displayed next to that Header Name.

 

HelpFilesTableViewDataListOrder

   indicates sorted order

 

▪The Arrow next to the Header Name indicates the column that is determining the sorted order of the Grid Data.

o~ indicates lowest to highest (a-z or 1 - 9)

o€ indicates highest to lowest (z-a or 9-1).

 

•Data Grid Header Name Sequence - You may (re-)set the Sequence in which the data's Header Names are displayed within a Data Grid

✓To do so, using the standard Windows® Drag & Drop method, drag any Header Name to the desired location and then release it.

▪That column and its related data will be moved to the new location.

 

HelpFilesRecordListingHeaderNames-Relocate

Each Column's Header Name may be relocated

 

▪The new Header Name Location will be saved, on a User by User basis.

❖If the User resets the Sorted Order, the Header Names will revert to the default sequence and must again be relocated, if desired.

 

•Custom Grid Filters - The information Listed within the Grid may often be filtered - as needed - to define which records are displayed within that Data Grid,

•Data Grids have many other capabilities, some or all of which may be available based on the purpose and/or function of that specific Data Grid.