Data Tables
Tables are a core component of the administration system and provide many useful features that may not be immediately apparent.
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Tables are a core component of the administration system and provide many useful features that may not be immediately apparent.
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Data Tables are used frequently and have a consistent appearance.
There are three ways to find the data you are after in a table. You can use the Full Table Filter, the Single Column Filter, and you can Sort a column and page through the data.
The Full Table Filter appears on the top-right. When you type in this column, every row in the table is scanned for the text. Some columns cannot be searched this way (such as category columns like Shipment Status) as the system looks for the exact text that you type rather than what it means. This is a relatively slow way to search for data, particularly if the table is large.
Generally you should use the Single Column Filter by typing text in to the filter for the column you wish to search. For example, it is considerably faster to find a shipment by tracking number if you type the number in the Tracking column as only that column will be scanned.
Some columns have special search features, such as Date columns. Here you specify the range of dates to include.
Some columns allow you to search for specific objects. These columns will remember your previous selections and show the most recent three at the top (identified with clocks). In addition, you can mark items as a Favourite and they will always stay at the top. To mark a favourite, click on the star on the right of the caption.
The control buttons appear at the top left of every table. In the image below, the last button (Tag Progress Mode) only appears if you are viewing a tag that you own.
Use this button to change which columns appear in your table, what order they appear in, and how many rows are displayed per page.
The number of Items Per Page determines how many rows of data are loaded at a time. This affects how fast the table loads. Very large pages may result in your browser becoming slower too.
You can Disable Individual Column Filtering to remove the per-column filters at the top of the table. Use this to give yourself some extra space on smaller screens.
You can also Disable Vertical Scrolling to display the entire page on your browser at once. Without this checked the footer and buttons always appear at the bottom of your window and the inner rows scroll. With this checked, you may need to scroll your page to see the buttons. As with the previous setting, this is useful if you need to see more items at once on your screen.
Check each column you wish to include in the table.
Note that you will have to scroll to see columns if you have too many to display on the screen at once.
To change the order of the columns simply drag and drop the column name.
Use this command to reset everything in this dialogue back to the original defaults.
If you have multiple windows open, or have actions running in the background, will probably encounter a situation where the data you are viewing has changed. To view the latest data click the Refresh button. It will spin while data is loading.
This feature takes all the data in the table (on every page) that meets your current filters and exports it to a file. You can also send this file by e-mail.
See the Exporting Table Data section for more information.
The Select Everything button allows you to Select every row in the table including those on other pages. This button is useful in combination with Actions (green buttons) which can run in the background for long periods of time.
The Tag Progress Mode button appears if you are viewing tagged objects in a tag that you created. If you are the owner of the tag, you can activate progress mode to keep track of your progress as you work on objects. See Progress Tags for more information.
