Organizing Indicators¶
This section describes the user actions in the Indicator Manager UI for organizing Indicator definitions in groups.
After application startup the Indicator Explorer is empty, sowing only the root Database node.
Create a group¶
Right-click the root node and select Add New Group to create a new group
A new empty group is created below the clicked node.
You may see this Information dialog telling to switch to Show Empty Groups to see the newly created group.
Right-click a node and select Show empty Groups
The new group is visible.
Rename a group¶
Right-click a group and select Rename (or select the group and press F2) to edit the name of the group.
Change the name and press Enter to confirm the new name.
Press Esc to cancel the rename action.
Note
Groups must have unique names at any given level in the tree.
Show empty groups¶
The explorer will by default only show groups with content. This will mean new (empty) groups will not be immediately visible when created.
Right-click a node and select Show empty Groups.
The new group is visible.
Delete groups¶
Right-click a group node and select Delete to delete the group and everything in it (i.e. the entire branch of the explorer tree including sub-groups and indicators will also be deleted).
Alternatively select the node and press Del.
Copy or Move groups¶
Groups (entire branches in the tree) can be moved and copied between groups using keyboard and/or the mouse.
Right-click a group and select Copy to mark the entire branch of the tree for copying to another location. To move the branch select Cut.
Alternatively select the group and use shortcut keys Ctrl+C and Ctrl+X respectively.
Right-click the target group and select Paste to copy or insert the branch.
Alternatively select the target node and press keys Ctrl+V to paste the branch.
The group/branch is inserted at the location.
The mouse can also be used to move groups/branches around. Simply select a group with left-mouse click and drag it while holding down the moose.
When the target group is highlighted, release the mouse.
- and the group/branch is moved.
Note
Holding down the Ctrl key will copy the group/branch instead of moving it.