Add a user defined record
A user defined record is a custom record created within a selection
project.
To add a new user defined record:
- Click Tools>Add Record, and select
which data table to add the record to. Do one of the following:
- Select a table from the list of recently used tables.
- Click Other, and select the table
from the list of all data tables in the database.
Your choice of data table sets the properties available on the datasheet,
and sets which records are available for comparison within a selection
project.
- In the User Defined Record dialog,
enter a Record Name (required). Note
that the User Defined Record dialog title
displays the data table you are adding the record to.
- Enter (optional) information on the record, such as record color
and notes.
- Enter the property values as required.
To create a user defined record with similar values to another record,
you can duplicate a current record:
- Find the record you want to duplicate either in the Browse Tree,
Results List, or on a Data Label on a chart.
- Right-click the record name, and click Duplicate
Record.
The user defined record is populated with the values from the current
record.
- Enter a record name.
- Edit the property values as required.
When you duplicate a record, the following data types are not duplicated:
short text, long text, and functional data.
Add a user defined record to current data table
To add a user defined record to the current data table:
- Right-click a chart or the results list, and select Add
Record.
- Enter (optional) information on the record, such as record color
and notes.
- Enter the property values as required.
This dialog only displays properties currently used in the selection
project; a full list of properties is available to edit when you edit
a record.
Notes
User defined records are saved within the project. They are not
available outside of the selection project. They can only be compared
with records within the same data table.
The attributes available to include in a user defined record are
set by the data table and the selection
attribute layout.
The maximum number of user defined records is 10.
For range data, if you enter a minimum value greater than the maximum
value, then this will be marked as estimated
data on the datasheet.
When you duplicate a record from a chart data label, all of the
record data is copied, even though not all attributes are listed in
the dialog.