Grid edit - user interface

When successfully logged in you are usually linked to the grid editing dialog. How this dialog appears to you depends on how your local niota admin has configured the system. Your local niota admin can configure e.g.

the look and feel

• theme - (color, background image, font)
• language - Englisch/German
• branding - logo, claim

tables and menue items you have access to

functions and features you may use

However your admin configures the system there will be generic feautures which are explained below.

The page can be divided into three sections. From top to bottom:

1. Upper menu bar
2. Lower menu bar
3. Grid area

Depending on local configurations and your access rights you find this in the upper menu bar

switch to admin pages
log out
change profile settings

custom help link
system help link

Depending on local configurations and your access rights you find this in the lower menu bar

• catalog object (grid) selector
• connection filter - only the catalog instances of the selected connection will be displayed in the grid selector
• category filter - only the catalog instances of the selected category will be displayed in the grid selector (to create categories check the related admin feature: #LINK)

• hide or display selectors
  
• menu of available transaction
  

Depending on local configurations and your access rights you find this in the grid area

Depending on your access authorities and the configuration of the table you may find this clickable icons in the grid area toolbar.

import from Excel sheet into database table
replace/update table from Excel sheet
export and download Excel sheet
show callable objects (procedures)
set current grid as favourite
reset favourite grid
reload table and prompt for selections
validate table constraints and lookup

You can find edit features at the bottom of the grid. With additional configuration it can be displayed at the top of the grid too (as you can see on the picture upwards).

add row: inserts a new row into the grid (and the database table)
edit row: edit the current row
view row: opens the content of the row in a popup
delete row: deletes the selected row(s)
reload grid: reloads the grid content
search: opens the search input on the top of the columns