Instrument Catalog Grid

Catalog instruments are viewed in, and are created and edited from, the Instrument Catalog grid.

To open the Instrument Catalog grid

1. Click Select in the Grids and Schedules section of the Home tab.

2. Select Instruments under the Catalogs heading from the list of grids that is then displayed.

   The Instrument Catalog grid is then displayed:

   

   For information on the grid controls including selecting an instrument record, and sorting and filtering the grid data, refer to Working with the Data Grid.

Edit Data in the Grid

3. Either double-click on an instrument record, or select it and click the Edit command button. Alternatively, you can most column data directly in the Grid itself by selecting the cell and entering a new value, select a value from a picklist etc.

   The list of values comprising each picklist generally consists of those values from Using Picklists, and any value that has been entered in the field in question. In other words, manually entering a value into the picklist field will add that value to the picklist for future use.

   Note: Any value manually added directly into a grid picklist is not added to the picklist's value list until the Refresh toolbar command is used or the grid is re-loaded (for example, Instrumentation Engineer is re-started).

   Columns with a yellow colored background, in other words, Name and DataSheetNo cannot be edited directly in the grid. Datasheet No column fields include buttons for use in assigning, viewing and editing datasheets for catalog instruments. For further information, refer to View/Edit Instrument Datasheets.