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

the tables and menue items you have access to

the 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
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
  
• transaction menu
  

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 tabel you may find this clickable icons in the grid area toolbar.

export and download EXCEL file

import data from Excel into database table
show callable objects (procedures)
make current grid as favourite
reset favourite
reload table and prompt for selections\\.

The application's mostly used part. This is where data editing and other related acts happens. You can edit a row by double clicking on it. After selecting a row you can use the icons described below.

You can find grid editing toolbar 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.

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