Working with tables

To view a table, go to the Project menu and choose "Table" to bring up the "View Table" dialog. Choose the table you wish to view. The "Table" menu only appears at the top of the window when a table has been activated. To activate the window, click on it.

BoundarySeer data tables are not editable. Instead, edit the table in the source application.

Possible table actions include: changing the appearance of table columns, sorting data, selecting, promoting rows, querying tables, and exporting them.

Changing the appearance of table columns

You can stretch or shrink the appearance of table columns by positioning the pointer at the right edge of a particular column. When you get the double-arrow symbol, you can drag the column to the right and increase the column width, which can make it easier to read the column headings.

Sorting the data in tables

To sort the data set by any of the variables that it contains, click on the column heading. You can toggle back and forth between ascending and descending order by clicking again on the column heading.

Selecting data in the table

You can select data in a table by clicking on a row (to select one row), or clicking on a row and then dragging the cursor down to select many rows. To clear your selection, simply click on another location in the table, or, from the Table menu, select "Clear selection". To reverse your selection (e.g., select all data that were not previously selected), choose "Switch selection" from the "Table" menu.

Promoting data in the table

To promote rows of data to the top, select a row or rows, and then choose "Promote" from the "Table" menu.


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