Chapter 3 The Tariscope program
3.5 Working with views
3.5.2 Management of the views
The Tariscope program allows you to manage the Tariscope views. In the Tariscope menu, select View → Data views or click on the Views icon on the toolbar. The Views view appears that contains a list of the built-in views and views created by the Tariscope users. An example of the view is shown in Figure 3.5.3.
Figure 3.5.3
The view contains a list of views for calls, IP traffic, and services. A view type is displayed in the Type column. The view also contains the following columns:
- View. Displays a folder name or view name.
- Changed. Displays the date and time when a view was changed.
- Owner. Displays a user name who created or changed a view.
- Sort fields. Displays a list of fields that are used to sort data in the view.
- Coloring. Displays the conditions of coloring in the view.
- Group by fields. If grouping is applied in the view, the column displays a field that is used for grouping.
- Bookmark count. Displays a number of bookmarks that the view contains.
- Field count. Displays a number of fields that the view displays.
- Main filter. Displays the main filter that is applied to the view.
- Filter. Displays the additional conditions of filtering that are applied to the view.
By default, the view displays the following columns: Type, View, Changed, Owner.
Views can be grouped in folders. The folders may contain subfolders. You can drag and drop any view from one folder to another folder. Tariscope includes the Built-in folder that contains a list of widely used views.
To open any view, double-click on the view name, or select the view, and click on the Open view icon on the toolbar.
To create a new view, click on the New view icon on the toolbar. The Filter window opens as shown in Figure 3.5.1. Specify the filter conditions for the new view and click OK.
You can edit all view parameters. To do this, select a desired view, and click on the Edit view icon on the toolbar. The View configuration window appears as shown in Figure 3.5.4.
Figure 3.5.4
The window contains a list of view parameters. To edit the required view parameter, click on the appropriate Edit link. The special window will be opened where you should make changes.
If you have opened view and want to quickly find it in the view list, for example, to change its parameters, click on the Select view icon on the toolbar. The focus will be set on this view name.
To rename the view, select the desired view, and click on the Rename icon on the toolbar. Type a new name.
To delete a view, select the view, and click on the Remove icon on the toolbar. In the window that appears, confirm deleting the view.
There are two pop-up menu in the Views view. The first menu appears when you right-click on the header of the table. The menu contains the following items:
- Filtering. When you select this item, the submenu appears that contains a list of views. Select the required views.
- A list of the columns. Select or clear desired columns.
The second menu appears when you right-click in any place of the table except of the header. This menu contains the following items:
- Open. Opens the selected view.
- Refresh. Refreshes information about views.
- Add view. Allows adding a new view.
- Edit view. Allows you to edit parameters of a selected view.
- Add folder. Allows creating a new folder for views.
- Rename. Allows you to rename a selected view.
- Delete. Allows you to delete a selected view.
- Export to Excel. Exports information about views to the Excel format.
- Export to HTML. Exports information about views to the HTML format.
- Export to CSV. Exports information about views to the CSV format.
- Export to PDF. Exports information about views to the PDF format.
To quickly find a desired view in the list, type the view name in the search box.
