Sort, Fix, Adjust, and Hide Columns in Data Central

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Panel fields are customizable. Users can control column visibility for Domain, Issues, and Queries listings through the Settings gear icon, including hiding System Fields and Domain Variable columns to focus on relevant information.

Once the desired column visibility is configured, the user can sort, fix, or adjust those columns.

Note: Changes to column positions and sorting persist until the user navigates away from Data Central or logs out of elluminate. 
Changes to column visibility and fixed column settings remain in place when the user logs back into elluminate and reopens the listing in Data Central.

Hide or Show Columns

  1. From a listing, click the Settings icon in the panel toolbar. The domain Settings window opens. By default, the window opens to the User Domain Settings tab.
    User Domain Settings

    Note: Most users typically see only the User Domain Settings and Highlights tabs.

  2. To hide the system field columns: domain Review Status, Query Counts, Issue Counts, and Comment Counts, check the boxes on the right.
  3. To hide domain variable columns:
    1. Optionally, use the Search field. As text is entered, matching variables display.
    2. Check the box(es) to the left of the variables to hide.

      Note: Use the scrollbar to see all variables.

    3. To view only the checked variables (selected to be hidden), click the Toggle Hidden Variables (eyeball with slash) icon at the top right of the Hide Domain Variables section. Click the icon again to see all variables (both checked and unchecked).
  4. To restore default variable settings, click the Restore Default Variable Settings icon at the top right.
  5. Click Save.

Reset Column Visibility

  1. Click the Settings icon in the panel toolbar to open the domain Settings window.
  2. To reset the system field columns: domain Review Status, Query Counts, Issue Counts, and Comment Counts, uncheck the box(es).
  3. To restore default variable settings, either uncheck the box(es) of the selected variables, or click the Restore the Default Variable Settings (counter-clockwise arrow) icon at the top right of the Hide Domain Variables section
  4. Click Save.  

Sort Columns

Most columns can be sorted in ascending or descending order. Sorted columns display an arrow under the header, facing up for ascending or down for descending, for easy identification.

  1. Click the column header.
  2. Select Sort Ascending or Sort Descending.
  3. To sort additional columns, hold the SHIFT key and click the column header, then select Sort Ascending or Sort Descending.

In the screenshot below, the Site name column is sorted ascending, and the Medical History Condition/Event column is sorted descending.

Sort Columns

Fix Columns

Columns can be fixed to the left or right of a panel to keep them visible as users scroll through other columns. Fixed columns display a thicker vertical line on the edge of the column to indicate whether the column is fixed to the left or right, making it easier to identify fixed columns when reviewing wide datasets.
Fix Columns

Fix

  1. Right-click a column header.
  2. Select Fix.
  3. Select To the left or To the right.

Unfix

  1. Right-click the column header.
  2. Select Unfix.

Tip: It is best to fix columns to the left or right first, then sort.

Adjust Column Width

Adjust the width of a column to view all text within that column. 

  1. Hover over the sides of a field in the header row until a grab bar appears.
  2. Click and drag the grab bar to adjust the width of the column.

Move Columns

Move a column to another location to arrange specific columns next to each other while reviewing.

  1. Click and hold on the column header.
  2. Drag the column to a new location.

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