By the end of this exercise you will be able to:
- Understand the components of a Stream View
- Create a grid view
Finding Streams and Stream Data
- Open the list of models
- Find and open the model Dashboards and Forms 01-08: Views, filters and dashboards
- In the model view place your pointer over the stream Overall Debt Levels
- A hover menu will appear – press - Show the list of Stream Views and select Default View
The data contained in the Stream will appear.
Create New Stream View
You will create a new grid view to show the data in the Stream in a table format.
To do this you must create a Stream View:
- Double-click on Overall Debt Levels to open the Stream configuration form
- Go to the Views tab
- To add a new view, click - Add a new item - this opens a list of chart types that you can choose from – select Grid
- Configure the following details for the new view:
- Name: Overall Debt Levels
- Select all three attributes in the Stream Attributes list on the left-hand side
- Drag them across to the Stream View Attributes list on the right-hand side
- Before continuing, try some of the other options for adding and removing stream view attributes:
- Remove all attributes: drag them from the Stream View Attributes list back into the Stream Attributes list
- Drag CalculationDate into the Stream View Attributes list
- Press - Add any missing Stream Attributes to the end of the View
- The remaining stream attributes will be added to the view
This button is useful when you have added attributes to the underlying stream and want to update a view to include all new attributes
- Press to save your changes and close the stream view configuration form
You will now see your new view in the list of views for the Stream.
- Double-click on this to open the view
You will see the data in the Stream displayed in a table format – in fact, this is the same as the view you opened at the start of the exercise.
- You can also see your new view in the hover menu view list – find this and open your new view from there (only a single click is needed to open a view from this menu)
Editing a Stream View
- Open the list of views from the hover menu
- Right-click on your new view and select Edit
- You will change the order of the columns in the grid:
- In the list of attributes under Stream View Attributes, select PaymentMeans and drag it to the bottom of the list
- Press
- Open the view
You will see the data in the Stream, but with the columns re-ordered.