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The Usage Table

Edit your Usages in a bulk table view

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Written by Holly Conrad Smith
Updated over 2 months ago

The Usage Table allows a bulk view of all Usages in your current project. It is great for quality assurance - make sure every Usage that should have a property assigned does!

Open Table View

Click the Table icon to access a spreadsheet style usage editor!

The Table opens as a modal.

The Usage Table UI

In the table, each row is a usage. Each column is a property in the project. Every Usage does not necessarily have every property - null cell values indicate the property is not included on that usage.

  1. Search

  2. Select columns to display

  3. The usage list

  4. Filter controls

  5. Column controls

  6. Property values

  7. Close the table view

Usage Table Functions

The usage table has some special functions to allow you to navigate easily.

Edit property values in-line

Double click on any cell to edit the value.

Use enter or click away to save the value.

Double click into an empty property cell to add that property to the Usage and update its value in the same action.

Usage ... menu

Click the ... next to a usage name to access its menu.

Search Property Values

Type a value into the search bar. It searches all of the cell values in the table.

The table returns all of the rows with values that match the search. The matching cells are highlighted.

Click the X next to the search value to clear the search.

Select Columns to View

Click the column selector to hide or show columns in the table.

The selector appears. In this selector, each row item is a Property in the project.

  1. Select/deselect all properties

  2. Search by property name

  3. Property name

  4. Selection box - unselected indicates NOT shown in usage table

  5. Selection Box - selected indicates SHOWN in usage table

  6. Reorder the columns. Closer to the top in this list indicates further to the left in the table.

  7. Close and save selections

Sort by property values

By default, the usage table is sorted A-Z by usage name.

Click on a column header to sort the table by the property values on that column A-Z.

Click it again to sort Z-A.

Filter by property values

Click the filter icon on the column header.

Input a filter criteria, then input a filter value.

Add multiple criteria to create an advanced filter.

You can apply filter criteria to multiple columns at the same time.

A filtered column will display a blue filter icon.

To delete a filter, click the filter icon again, then remove the filter value(s) from the form.

Column Menu

Click the vertical 3 dots on the column header to access the menu.

  1. Sort

  2. Pin - freeze the selected column left or right

  3. Autosize - Change the column width to match its contents.

  4. Choose columns - select which columns to show (opens column selector)

  5. Edit definition - if property is editable

  6. Delete definition - remove property from project

Right Click Menu

Right click on a cell value to access the menu.

  • Cut/Copy/Paste cell values

  • Export the usage data to a CSV or Excel.

Reorder columns

Click and drag a column header to change its placement in the table.

Exit

Once you have made your edits to the usages in the table, click the X to close the table view.

Remember, Usage changes must be saved to apply to your project.

You will be prompted to confirm your changes.

  • Cancel returns to the usage Table

  • Discard closes the table and discards all of your changes (including usage deletions)

  • Save commits all of your changes and closes the table.

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