Working with Interactive Controls: Data Entry Forms

To show the Controls panel, click the Controls button on the Home toolbar tab.

To hide the Controls panel:

Release the Controls button on the Home toolbar tab.
Click the Close button if it is located at the top below the toolbar.

Panel display options are saved when data entry form is saved.

To set up dimension selection, execute one of the operations:

Use the mouse to select or deselect the element.
Select the required selection option in the dimension element's context menu:

Select All. It selects all dimension elements.
Deselect All. It deselects all dimension elements.
Edit Selection. It sets selection by criterion.
Select Descendants by Level. It selects all elements on the same level with the specified dimension element.
Select All Descendants. It selects all descendant elements.
Deselect Descendants. It deselects all descendant elements.
Select Level. It selects dimension level.
Deselect Level. It deselects dimension level.
Apply Selection Schema. It sets the selected selection schema in the drop-down list.
Select Group. It selects the selected groups of elements of dimension in the drop-down list.

One can use the following commands for the dimensions without hierarchy: Select All, Deselect All, Edit Selection, Apply Selection Schema, and Select Group.

NOTE. One can select selection schema and group of elements if selection schema, groups of elements are set up in dictionaries.

To change selection by selection criterion, select the Edit Selection item in the element's context menu.

The Edit Selection dialog box opens:

The selection area for the calendar dimension is named Select Elements by Attribute.

To edit selection by selection criterion:

Select the attribute or level, for which criterion will be set. The default attribute is that is set as name. The calendar dimension is set to display the highest level by default, excluding the root level.
Select radio button of the required attribute to determine criterion type. The available criterion type depends on the selected attribute type:

By Text. It is available for string attribute type. In the search box enter the text containing attribute values of elements to be selected: One can search by the following substitutions:

%. It can be used with any character sequence.
_. It can be used with any single character.

Select the Match Case checkbox to make search case sensitive.

Select the Match Whole Word checkbox to search words that match exactly the entered text.

By Condition. It is available for calendar dictionary levels and all attribute types, except for the String type. Select condition type:

Equal.
Not Equal.
Greater Than. It is available for the types: Date and Time, Integer, Real, Date.
Greater or Equal. It is available for the types: Date and Time, Integer, Real, Date.
Less Than. It is available for the types: Date and Time, Integer, Real, Date.
Less Than or Equal. It is available for the types: Date and Time, Integer, Real, Date.
Between. It is available for the types: Date and Time, Integer, Real, Date.

Enter a value in the box or set a value range if the Between condition type is selected. Value editor will depend on attribute type. When logical type is selected, one can select between true and false.

By List. It is available for the String and Integer attribute types. Enter a list of attribute values in the box. The list can be copied from clipboard. Elements are searched taking into account case and full match with the entered text.

Click the Check button to selected the elements matching the search criterion in the dimension element display area. To display only selected elements, toggle the Show Only Selected switch to active state. If only child elements are selected, they will be displayed with parent elements.
Click the Apply button to apply the new selection.

To expand or collapse hierarchy of a dimension elements list, select the Expand All or Collapse All item in the element's context menu.

To search for a dimension element, enter the searched text in the Search string in the dimension element's drop-down list. Search is executed automatically as the searched text is entered in the search string. The elements containing the specified substring are displayed as a list with their parent and child elements.

To reset search results, click the Clear button.

Working with Interactive Selection Controls