Managing columns
Showing and hiding columns
The user can choose which of the columns pre-customized for the catalog by the customization expert will be visible in his/her user-specific catalog.
To control columns visibility in a user-specific catalog:
Right-click the catalog header.
In the context-sensitive menu, select Columns.
A submenu listing all available columns gets displayed.
Select or deselect columns according to their required visibility.
Columns selection/deselection is immediately reflected in the catalog.
Adding columns
The user can also add new columns to his/her user-specific catalog, i.e. to add columns not pre-customized for the catalog by the customization expert (columns which are not part of so called master catalog).
To add new columns to a user-specific catalog:
Right-click the catalog header.
In the context-sensitive menu, select Columns/Add Column...
In the Choose attribute dialog, select the attribute whose column will be added. Click Ok.
The new column is added behind the column on which the catalog header was clicked in step 1.
To remove a column added using the steps above:
Right-click the catalog header on the column to be removed.
In the context-sensitive menu, select Delete Column. The column gets deleted.
Note that the Delete Column item is present in the context-sensitive menu only for columns added by a user to his/her user-specific catalog. Columns pre-customized by the customization expert can only be hidden but not deleted, see section 'Showing and Hiding Columns' above.
For details on how user-added columns behave during synchronization with possible master catalog changes, see 'Scenario 1: Automatic Distribution' in customization topic 'Distribution of Catalog Changes - Summary'.
Changing columns order
The default order of columns reflects the columns order in the master catalog. To change the position of any column in your user-defined catalog, drag the column left or right by its header.