How to Customize a Grid

You can customize any grid in Student Information. For this example, we will work in the Student Selector Grid.

Note: To view detailed instruction on How to Use the Student Selector, click here.

 

 

 

To remove a column, click , .

 

The Columns Box will appear.

 

 

 

Left-click your mouse, hold down the mouse and drag the Column Header into the Columns Box. You will notice a  appear when dragging the Column Header to the Columns Box. Then, release the mouse.

 

The removed Column Header will now appear in the Columns Form.

 

You can remove as many columns as necessary.

 

 

To add a column to the grid, left-click on that Column Header in the Column Form and then drag the Column Header to where you want it to display in the grid.

 

Gray arrows will display to show you where the column will be placed.

 

 

Then, release the mouse.

 

 

To move a column to a different location within the grid, left-click in that Column Header, hold down the mouse, move the column to the location you want, and then release the mouse. Gray arrows will display to show you where the column will be placed.

 

 

 

Now the Site Column appears after the Student UID.

 

 

To re-size a column, hover the mouse over the Column line you want to increase or decrease.

 

The re-sizing cursor will appear.

 

 

Left-click your mouse, hold down the mouse and drag the Column Header to the desired size.

 

Then, release your mouse.

 

You can also filter/sort a grid as described in How to Filter a Grid and How to Sort and Group a Grid to customize the grid further.

 

After you have customized a grid to your specifications, you can save the layout in order to recall the grid at a later time.

Note: If you do not save the layout you, the system will reset the grid to the default layout.

 

Click , , .

 

The Save Layout Form will appear:

 

Enter a Name for the Layout and click the Save Button.

 

To reset the grid at anytime, click , , .

 

 

You can also load a previously saved grid.

 

To load the grid, click , , .

 

The Load Layout Form will appear.

 

Use the Drop Down List Box to enter the name of the Layout you want to view.

 

Click the Load Button.

 

If you do not want to save the layout, but want to make it the default layout, click Options, Layouts, Set as Default.