Adding a Sort Theme Addition
Complete the following steps to add a sort theme addition:
1 Select one or more pipeline segments in the
Select ROWs window (
Figure 8-59). Click
Save to close the window.
Figure 8-59. Select ROWs
2 Click
Data Entry >
Define Routes to open the
Define Routes window. Click the down arrow in the
Routes field and select a route in the selection list (
Figure 8-50).
3 Click the
Customize tab
, then the
Sorts button
to open the
Sorts page (
Figure 8-58).
4 Click
Add to open the
New Sort Layout dialog box (
Figure 8-60).
Figure 8-60. New Sort Layout
5 Type a name for the theme in the field Enter Theme Name.
6 Select the Public check box if you want the new theme available to all PCS Axis users. When a theme is not public, it is a private theme available only to the user who creates it.
Note: Creating public themes is a function available only to users assigned the SysAdmin user role. Private themes can be created by users assigned the User, Read Only, or SysAdmin user role. See
System Security for more information.
7 Select a layout theme with fields you want to copy to the new layout theme. Click the Copy Content check box and then click the down arrow in Copy Fields From Theme and select a theme in the selection list.
8 Click
OK to save changes and return to the
Sorts page.
9 Verify the name of the new sort theme displays in the field
Select Sort Theme. If not, click the down arrow in
Select Sort Theme and select the new theme in the selection list (
Figure 8-61).
11 Select a sorting method for each field listed in the right pane. To sort grid records in ascending order, click the toggle button to select
ASC . To sort in descending order, click the toggle button to select
DESC .
12 To change the order of fields listed in the right pane and subsequently in the grid, click and drag a field to a new position in the list. Or, select a field and then click the up
or down
button.
13 Click
Save to save changes.
14 To apply the sort theme in the grid, follow these steps:
a Click the
Options tab
to open the options page (
Figure 8-61).
Figure 8-61. Options
b Click the down arrow in Select Sort Theme and select the sort theme in the selection list.
c Click
Apply to apply changes and return to the grid in
Define Routes.
Note: Clicking
Cancel allows you to close the
Options page without saving changes.