Building the Frame of the Lower Window

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Building the Frame of the Lower Window

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By default, the close-up in the Lower Window features the label and value of the fields Description, Unit, Quantity, Costs, Incidence, Selling Prices.

Who can set up the frame: an administrator or a user entitled to Edit the bottom panes (Refer to User Profiles.).

To set up the frame:

1.Display the lower window (Refer to Focussing On a Node.)

2.Right-click in the bottom window and select Configure bottom pane; this opens the window as a spreadsheet

3.To insert a row, a column or a cell, select Home>Edit>Insert; the format is the one of the main window, but can be changed

4.To delete a row, a column or a cell, select Home>Edit>Delete

5.Fill the grid by assigning to cells a label or the related field: right-click a cell, select Paste Name and assign as detailed hereunder (after clicking OK or double clicking, the name must NOT show, otherwise redo it)

6.To return to the normal mode, right-click anywhere and select Save and Close; as a result, one layout applies to all the nodes.

 

Assignment by right-clicking a cell:

▪to display a label in a cell, select its name in the LABEL sub-list  

▪to display a value of the current node in a cell, select the field name in the VALUE sub-list.

 

Layout:

▪If the need arises, select the column and drag the right border of the reference cell to adjust the width

▪If the need arises, modify the fonts, colors and alignment (toolbar Home>Font and Alignment)

▪To change the colors of a row, a column or a cell, select Home>Edit>Format>Format Cells>Fill or Home>Font>bucket.

 

For a non administrator to restore the layout set by the administrator, they must click Configure bottom pane, right-click and select Restore default view.  

 

NOTES

- The fields do not have to be in the main view, but must be visible as per User Profiles

- A mnemonic can be used several times

- Global Variables are allowed in

- To see the underlying formula, click the cell twice (return by pressing Enter):

 

warning Increase the width and/or height of cells that may receive long texts, otherwise the beginning may be invisible.