Context-sensitive menus

In addition to closing the view, you have the following options:

• Toolbar help displays information about the view toolbar.
• Mark for configuration selects this view to be included in a configuration that will be saved or exported.
• Hide toolbar toggles to hide and reshow the toolbar at the top of the frame on this view.
• Refresh data manually refreshes the data on this view.
• Properties opens the Properties dialog box for the view.
• Print lets you send the current view or chart to a printer. The image expands to fit a printed page in portrait or landscape mode.
• Detach this pane detaches the view from the view frame and creates a separate window.
• Help for this view displays product help for the current view.
• Copy data to clipboard copies the view's data to the clipboard in tab-separated format.
• Open chart opens the chart form for this view in a new tab.
• Create topology map opens a topology map for the view.

• Summary view indicates a summary form is available for this view. Clicking on the FORM command opens the summary view in a new tab.

   

• Show header info displays information in the header buttons regarding which columns are being used for grouping, sorting, summarization, charting, and positional parameters as well as the current form filters in use. You can also show the field IDs for each field, which are used in threshold and hyperlinks.
• Show excluded fields displays fields (or columns) that are defined in the view definition as being excluded.
• Auto-Refresh toggles starts or stops auto-refresh mode for this view. If an auto-refresh rate has not been set, then the default rate of 30 seconds is used. When this toggle is depressed (auto-refresh running), the color changes to green and the tool-tip and view status line display the refresh rate.
• Export view data exports the view's data to a file in comma-separated values (CSV) format. You can then open the file in a spreadsheet application, or import the file back into MainView Explorer.
• Publish view images publishes the view image for access in a browser. You can place JPEG files of the view and its chart (if one is open) in a local directory along with an HTML file, which enables you to publish the view to other users in a stand-alone web browser.
• Show excluded fields displays fields (columns) that are defined in the view definition as being excluded.
• Show filter masks displays filter masks below each column header to facilitate data filtering.
• Enable selections lets you select multiple rows of data by using the Ctrl or Shift key and the left mouse button.
• Save customized view saves any changes that you made to the view definition, without closing the view.

When you right-click a field, in addition to displaying online Help for the field, you might have the following options:

• Copy copies the row data cell for this field (column) to the clipboard.

• Summary view displays a summary form of this view as shown in the following example:

   

  Clicking on FORM command opens the summary view in a new tab and uses the selected field as the GROUPBY element.

• Hyperlink displays the hyperlink command if a hyperlink is defined for the field. To execute the hyperlink, click on the command. If no hyperlink is defined, this option does not appear on the menu.
• Line action displays a list of actions that you can perform (if line actions are available). To perform an action, click the action name. If no line actions are available, this option does not appear on the menu.