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Description of the tool

This tool shows you the details of the features that have been selected through any of the Searching tools.

 

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How to use the tool

Prerequisite:

None

Steps:
  1. Click on the Data Grid tool.
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  2. This will open the Data window with details of the selected features. The number of features found is reported at the top of the Data window.

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  3. You can now take these details out of Weave using the Export button. This option lets you get the data shown in the Grid in HTML or Excel format. The exported file is available for opening once you select the export file type.

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  4. If you click in the Grid on one of the rows, the corresponding feature will be highlighted in the Map Window. Also some additional options become available - PanZoomRemove and Refine. You can also use the <Shift> or <Ctrl> keys on your keyboard to highlight more than one feature. 

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    • Pan - Changes the map display to have the selected feature from the Grid at the centre of the Map Window (this does not change the scale of the map).
    • Zoom - Zooms in or out so that the whole of the selected feature from the Grid is displayed in the Map Window (the scale of the map will change to accommodate the size of the highlighted feature). 
    • Remove - The selected feature is removed from the listing in the Grid.
    • Refine - All bar the selected features will be removed from the listing in the Grid. 
       
  5. If you have many features in the Grid window, you can reduce this listing using the Filter option in the bottom right of the window. 

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  6. Click the Filter button and chose the field that you wish to use, then type in the value of this field in the text box. The list of records in the Grid will be reduced to match your criteria.

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To clear the filter, press the cross to the right of the Filter text box. 

Tip
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You can make the following changes to the appearance of the Grid window:

  • Sort columns - Click on the column names to sort the Grid by that column value. 
  • Turn columns off - Click on the down arrow at the right end of the column to access the Columns option which allows you to turn columns on or off.
  • Rearrange column order - Click and hold the left mouse button down on the column name and drag it to a new column location.
  • Resize column - Click on the separator between two column names and drag to make the column wider or narrower.