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Modifying Column Options for Grids

You can customize your Class table to display columns of your choosing, rearrange the order of columns, hide, and also mark columns as "read-only".

Follow these steps to edit the column options for a grid.

  1. Open Tag Browser.
  2. In the iModel tree, click Column Options for Grid ( ) and select the Class that you want to work on.

    The Column Options dialog appears, listing all visible grid columns for the selected Class. For example,

  3. To remove a column, click its Hide button ( ). For example,
    The selected column is hidden in the grid.
  4. To add hidden columns to the grid, expand the Add column(s) list, then select the column(s) that you want to add, and then click the Add icon ( ). For example,

    The column(s) are added to the bottom of the list.

  5. You can rearrange the order of columns by selecting the row that represents the column you want to move, and then dragging and dropping it into the desired position. For example,
  6. To prevent users from editing contents in a column, click the ReadOnly icon ( ) to change the column to read-only status. The icon changes to Editable ( ) and no changes can be made to the column in the grid. For example,
    Tip: You can toggle the icon ( ) to switch between editable and Read-only modes.
    Tip: If you want to revert your grid to its default settings, click Default.
  7. (Optional) Enable Admin Settings to update the spreadsheet layout on Project level.
  8. When you are finished, click Save and close the dialog.

    The grid is updated with your selections.