The Project Management Cockpit offers various functions.
Function
This is how it works
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Displaying columns
A command in the context menu of the column header enables you to open the column selection dialog.
Subsequently, you can select a column and drag it to the desired position by keeping the left mouse button pressed. Two arrow icons will indicate the future position of the module. Release the left mouse button in order to place the column in the desired position.
Hiding columns
To remove columns from a query, click into the header of a column, keep the left mouse button pressed, and drag the column to a position outside the designated area. As soon as the icon appears, you can release the left mouse button, and the column will be removed from the query.
Moving Columns
To change the position of columns in a query, click into the header of a column, keep the left mouse button pressed, and drag the column to the desired position. Two arrow icons will indicate the future position of the module. Release the left mouse button in order to place the column in the desired position.
Customizing the column width
To adjust the width of a column, move the mouse pointer to the right or left edge of the column header and adjust the column width with the help of the icon.
You can also set columns to the optimum width by means of the item Best Fit in the context menu of a column header. The optimum column width depends on the longest entry in the respective column. Using the context menu item Best Fit (all columns), you can set all columns of a query that contain text to the optimum width.
Sorting columns
Click into the header of the respective column. The current sorting of a column is presented with the or icon in the header of the respective column. Click into the column header once more to reverse the sorting of the column.
Option: by means of the commands in the context menu of the column header.
Grouping contents
To do so, drag a column to the area above the column view in order to group the query on the basis of this column.
Option: by means of the commands in the context menu of the column.
Danger
To create multi-level groupings: Drag several columns to the grouping area above the column view.
Group indicators
Open the group summaries editor via the corresponding command in the context menu of the column header of a grouping.
Subsequently, select the category (e.g. Progress or Words) for which you want to have the group indicators displayed. Using the checkboxes in the right-hand area of the dialog, you can also determine the type of value to be displayed and confirm with OK.
Using the corresponding command in the context menu of the column header of a grouping, you can additionally sort the contents of the queries by the group indicators:
Filters
Using the icon in the column headers of the module, the content of the columns can be filtered.
