Table views

What are table views?

A table view is a configuration of settings for a table that a user has chosen. These settings include column order and visibility, column sizes, default search column, default sort, column filters, advanced filters, view modes.

Steps

  • A user can customize things about a table (column order and visibility, column sizes, default search column, default sort, column filters, advanced filters, view modes). table_views_1
  • The user clicks the “save view” button to give the table configuration a name and save it as a view. It can be set as the default view to load when navigating to the table. table_views_6 table_views_2
  • The user clicks the “view manager” button to see the views they have saved for the table. table_views_5 table_views_4
  • Saved views can be opened from the view manager when viewing the table and set as the default view to load when navigating to the table.
  • Views can be saved after making more changes by clicking the save button that appears next to the view name after changes are made. table_views_9
  • Views can be closed, so the table will be shown in it’s original state, by clicking the close button that appears next to the view name. table_views_7 table_views_8
  • Views can also be deleted or copied from the view manager.

Relevant Details

These “views” use a different format (JSON in DB field) than the column configuration (DB records) in the ASP.NET applications