Many of the CalAmp screens have columnar data. You can organize the columns and sort and filter the values so that the display of the information best fits your needs.

Note: After configuring certain changes (such as column order), you can save the layout for either that single screen (see Saving Grid Changes for an Individual Screen) or for all pages (see Customizing Displayed Columns).

Sorting

Caution: You can't sort all the columns on all the screens. The ones you can sort will have  to the left of the column header.
 

Also, you can sort only one column per screen.

To sort a column, click its heading. If no default sort is assigned to the column, the first click will sort by ascending order (from lowest to highest for numbers, or from A to Z for words), which is represented by a ); a second click will sort by descending order (from highest to lowest for numbers, or from Z to A for words), with ; and a third click will restore the original view.


In the following figures, Name is the sorted column.


Ascending:

 


Descending:



Filtering

Caution: You can't filter all the columns on all the screens. The ones you can filter will have  to the right of the column header.

To filter a column, follow these steps:


  1. Click the Filter icon () to the right of the column name.

    A filter options box will appear. What this defaults to depends on the type of data in the column; for example, this is what the Name filter on the Admin - Assets screen will display:

     
  2. If the type of filter (such as a Contains filter in the preceding figure) isn't what you want, click the drop-down arrow and select from these options:
     
    • Equals: Displays only values that match exactly the text you will type in the Filter field.
       
    • Not Equal: Displays only values that do not match exactly the text you will type in the Filter field. (This does not appear as an option for all filters.)
       
    • Contains: Displays any value that has the text you will type in the Filter field somewhere within it (so "521" will return both "5210" and "5521" values).
       
    • Starts With: Displays only values whose text begins with the characters you will type in the Filter field.
       
    • Ends With: Displays only values whose last few letters or numbers are the text you will type in the Filter field.
       
  3. Type the text to include in the Filter field.
    Note: The filter is case sensitive on some screens but not case sensitive on others, so you many want to match the case to play it safe (such as using "Vehicle" instead of "vehicle").
  4. Click Apply.
     
    The column will display only data that matches your criteria.
    Note: You can apply filters to multiple columns to narrow the values down to just the data you need.
  5. To remove a filter from a column, in the Filter box, click Clear and then Apply.
     
    You can remove all applied filters by clicking  at the top right of the grid.
     
  6. You can click outside the filter box to make it close.


If a column has a filter applied to it, will appear to the left of the column header, as a visual indicator. You can see what filter is currently being used for a column by clicking  (if the Filter box is closed).

FILTERING TIMESTAMP COLUMNS


You might find filters for columns with date and time values to be slightly confusing. These are what the date filter types mean:

  

  • Equals: Displays only day values that match the date you will choose using the calendar picker ().
     
  • In Range: Displays day values that are in between the two dates you will specify.
     
  • Greater Than: Displays day values equal to or after the date you select.
     
  • Less Than: Displays day values equal to or before the date you enter.
     

Reorganizing


To change the order in which the columns are displayed, follow these steps:


  1. Click and drag the header of the column you'd like to appear in a different spot in the grid. Don't release yet!
     
    The header will float out of its space as you drag.
      
  2. Drag the header to your preferred location for the column.
       
  3. Release the mouse button when you have the column where you want it.
     
    The column will be moved to the new spot.

Note: On the CalAmp grid screens, you can add or remove columns in addition to rearranging where they are onscreen. To do so, click  at the top right of the grid. Then select the check boxes of the columns you want to be displayed.