List View Highlighter
In Instrument Manager, you can highlight records in the list view based on their modification date, folder, component type, or a user-defined filter. This can be done using the List View Highlights Editer.
To Start the List View Highlights Editer, select the from the menu in Instrument Manager.
Highlights list
The list contains all of the highlights along with their properties.
Use the button to add a new blank row to this list. Use the button to delete the selected highlight.
You can edit each highlight by selecting it and using the options provided on the right. These options are explained below.
Priority
Each highlight can be assigned a priority. This value is used to determine which highlight should be applied to a record when multiple highlights apply. In such cases, the highlight with the lowest priority value will take precedence over all other applicable highlights.
Folder
Use this field to restrict the selected highlight to records from a specific folder in the database. You can either type in the desired folder or use the drop-down arrow to choose from a list of all the folders in the database.
Leave this field blank if you do not want to restrict the highlight.
Date Filter
Use this field to apply the selected highlight to records based on their last modification times.
The accepted format for this field is [OPER] [DATE].
[DATE] can either be the absolute date in "DD/MM/YYYY" format or a relative date like "2 days", "1 week", "3 months", "1 year" etc.
The following operators can be used as [OPER] to compare the last modified date of the records with the input [DATE].
| < [DATE] | Highlight components that were modified after [DATE]. Read this as "younger than [DATE]". |
| <= [DATE] | Highlight components that were modified after OR on [DATE]. Read this as "younger than [DATE]". |
| > [DATE] | Highlight components that were modified before [DATE]. Read this as "older than [DATE]". |
| >= [DATE] | Highlight components that were modified before OR on [DATE]. Read this as "older than [DATE]". |
| = [DATE] OR [DATE] | Highlight components that were modified on [DATE]. In this case, [DATE] must be in absolute date format. |
You can either type into the field, or use the drop-down arrow to choose from a list of templates. You can also use the Date Picker to set the date for this field. When selecting the date using the Date Picker, any operator already present in the Date Filter field will be retained.
Component Type
Use this field to restrict the selected highlight to records of a specific Component Type. You can either type in the desired component type or use the drop-down arrow to choose from a list of all component types.
Leave this field as blank if you do not want to restrict the highlight.
Column Filters
Use this field to restrict the selected highlight based on the value in any ONE of the columns from the record for the component. Relational columns can also be used in this field.
Text Color
Opens the Color Picker, where you can select the colour that is to be used as the text colour in highlighted records.
Background Color
Opens the Color Picker, where you can select the colour that is to be used as the background colour in highlighted records.