Configuring Hit Lists
You can modify the hit list’s appearance in the Configuration menu and save it for future searches.
You can save the following changes in the configuration menu:
- the columns that are shown/hidden in a hit list,
- the order in which columns are shown, and
- the columns that are to be pinned or sorted.
To configure hit lists, follow these steps
-
To do this, click the Configuration menu icon in the header of a hit list.
When you open the configuration menu, the changes you have already made, such as column order, sorting, and pinning, are transferred to the configuration menu.
The hit list column configuration menu appears. The Current columns area contains all the columns that are shown in a hit list. The Available columns area contains all the columns that are still available and are not shown in the hit list.
-
You can make the following settings in the configuration menu:
Show columns-
Click and hold the title of the desired column in the Available columns area.
-
Drag and drop the column entry onto the Current columns area.
The column will be moved to the desired location in the Current columns area.
-
Click Save.
The column is now shown in the hit list.
Hide columns-
Click and hold the title of the desired column in the Current columns area.
-
Drag and drop the column entry onto the Available columns area.
The column will be moved to the Available columns area.
-
Click Save.
The column will no longer be shown in the hit list.
Change column order-
Click and hold the title of the desired column in the Current columns area.
-
Drag and drop the column entry onto the desired position in the Current columns area.
The column will be moved to the desired location.
-
Click Save.
The columns will be shown in the corresponding order in the hit list.
Sort columns-
Click Sort in the title of the desired column in the Current columns area.
The button will show an Up arrow.
The column will be sorted alphabetically or by number in ascending order after exiting the configuration menu.
-
Click Sort again.
The button will show a Down arrow.
The column will be sorted alphabetically or by number in descending order after exiting the configuration menu.
-
After setting the desired configuration, click Save.
The columns will be sorted according to your configuration in the hit list.
If there is no configuration for sorting a column, the hits are listed according to relevance. Objects that were recently changed and objects with several versions have a higher degree of relevance for sorting.
Align table columns-
Click Align in the title of the desired column in the Current columns area.
The button will show an Align right arrow.
The column contents are right-aligned after exiting the configuration menu.
-
Click Align again.
The button will show Centered arrow.
The column contents are center-aligned after exiting the configuration menu.
-
Click Align again.
The button will show an Align left arrow.
The column contents are left-aligned after exiting the configuration menu.
-
The alignment is undone when you click Align again.
-
After setting the desired configuration, click Save.
The column contents will be aligned according to your configuration in the hit list.
Pin columns-
Click Pin on the desired column title in the Current columns area.
The Pin button is enabled for the corresponding columns.
-
Click Save.
The columns will be pinned accordingly in the hit list.
Save changes to hit lists as defaultUsers with the Edit profiles functional right can configure and save a standard arrangement for hit list columns.
The Save as default button is available to authorized users on the hit list column configuration menu.
Clicking Save as default will save the configured column arrangement as the default and is available to all other users as a default column configuration if they use the Reset to default feature.
Reset changes to hit listsClick Reset to default to reset the configuration to a default arrangement. If no default arrangement has been created and saved by a user, the layout in accordance with the object type definition will be used as the default.
Users with the Edit profiles functional right can configure and save a standard arrangement for hit list columns.
-
-
To finish the configuration, click Save.
The configuration menu is exited and the hit list is shown again.
The column configuration saved in the configuration menu will be used for each new hit list.