Other Common Grid Commands
- Last UpdatedAug 05, 2025
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The following commands are located in the Records and Grid Actions sections of the Home Tab and are available for most grids. Commands specific to particular grids are located in the List Tools tabs. Refer to the appropriate module documentation for further information.
Most of these options are also available from the Right-Click Context Sensitive Menu.
Records Section
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Refresh |
Updates the entire grid with latest database information (useful in multi-user project environments). |
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New |
Displays a window enabling the user to create a new item. |
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Edit |
Displays a window enabling the user to edit an existing item selected from the grid. |
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Delete |
Used to deleted selected item(s) from the grid. A confirmation message window is displayed to confirm deletion. In some grids users will also be asked whether any associated files should also be deleted. |
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Load All |
Loads all the records in a list at once, rather than in multiples of the Grid Lazy Loading setting value (default: 1000) in the Options dialogs of the Engineering modules. |
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These options are also available on the List Tools tabs.
Grid Actions Section
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Select All Rows |
Used to select every row in a grid. Refer to Row (Record) Display Options. |
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Vertical View |
Displays selected rows in a vertical format (columns) for 'side by side' editing. See below for an example. Click on this option again to change the grid back to the previous display format. |
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Auto Size Columns |
Automatically sizes each column in the grid view to fit the longest string of text. |
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Filter |
Used to apply a filter the data in a grid. Refer to Grid Filters. |
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Clear Filters |
Used to remove filtering from the data in a grid. Refer to Grid Filters. |
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Quick Report |
Displays the grid in the Report Viewer window. Refer to View and Print Reports for details of this window and its facilities. |
Example of records in Vertical View mode:
