Set up the result list columns

The result list columns are adjustable. You can adjust the width and placement of the columns and select which columns to display in each list. These options are described below. You can also save your adjustments and apply them to other lists. This is described in Set up views in F2.

The result list may contain more columns than your screen has room to display. You can view the hidden columns by scrolling horizontally. You can do this either via the result list’s scrollbar or by holding down the Shift key and using the mouse wheel.

Place and sort columns

Reorder the columns by dragging and dropping them in their desired location.

Figure 1. Moving columns in the result list

Adjust the width of columns by dragging one of its edges with the cursor. If a column is too narrow to display all the text, you can hover over the text to view a tooltip with the full text.

An overview of columns and their contents can be found in Columns.

The four leftmost columns in all result lists contain icons providing visual information about the given list element. cBrain recommends never reordering these columns.

To sort the result list, click on a column title. The list will be sorted alphanumerically according to the column’s values (0-9 and a-z or 9-0 and z-a). If the result list is sorted by title, for instance, the results appear in alphabetical order. Click again to sort the list in descending alphabetical order. The same principle applies to columns with numerical values. Click on e.g. the "Case number" column to sort it in ascending order and click again to reverse the order.

You can further sort the result list by holding the Shift key and clicking a second column. For instance, you can sort a list by "Responsible" participant (1) first and then "Title" (2). This means the result list groups records by responsibility and sorts each group alphabetically by their titles.

Figure 2. Sort the result list by one or two columns

Select columns for the result list

You can select which columns to display in a given result list. Right-click on any column, and then click on Columns in the context menu. The "Select columns" dialogue opens. The number of columns available varies depending on your installation’s modules.

The result list view - whether it is showing records, cases, documents, or requests - determines which columns can be selected.

Figure 3. Open the column selector

The figure below shows a section of the column selector. You can read about all columns and their contents here.

It is possible to search for a column title by using the search field. By default, all column titles are shown in the dialogue. Tick the box Show only selected columns to display only the columns currently selected for the result list.

Figure 4. The column selector

Click on the Deselect all button (1) to deselect all selected columns at once. Tick the checkbox by a column group header (2) to select all columns in the group. Remove the tick from the header to deselect all columns in the group. Select or deselect a column by ticking or unticking the box next to the column name (3). The selection only applies to the current list. Save or cancel your changes with the Save and Cancel buttons at the bottom of the dialogue (4).

If all columns are removed by mistake, right-click on the blank column bar to access the "Select columns" dialogue.