Column Chooser

The Column Chooser allows to you specify which columns will appear in the Resource Manager or the Item Properties Table for the type of item you are currently working with. To access the Column Chooser, click Column Chooser or right-click any column header and choose Column Chooser.

The columns that are available in this window will vary depending on the type of item you are working with. For example, maintenance groups have only six properties — the name, the comment identifier and the four history fields indicating the user and date for the resource creation and last modification. When you are working with an RBD in the Item Properties Table, the properties in question are those that can appear in the Block Properties window for any type of block that can appear in an RBD. The Column Chooser for RBDs is shown next.

You can sort the available columns by category, as shown here, or you can select the Display alphabetically option to sort the columns alphabetically; this may be helpful if you are looking for a particular column. The order that you sort by in this window does not affect the column positions in the Resource Manager or Item Properties Table.

You can select or clear an individual column’s check box to display or hide that column. You can also select or clear the check box in the Available Columns header to select or clear all check boxes. If you have sorted the available columns by category, you can select or clear the check box for the category to select or clear all of the check boxes for the columns that make up that category.

The selections you make in this window will apply to all items of the current type. For example, if you are working with a fault tree in the Item Properties Table, the selections you make in the Column Chooser will apply when you are working with all fault trees.