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User Guide: QAD .NET User Interface - QAD.com

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38 <strong>User</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> — <strong>QAD</strong> .<strong>NET</strong> <strong>User</strong> <strong>Interface</strong><br />

Note Group By functions are available only when all records are<br />

being viewed.<br />

• Use Summary to get a summary of the data in the browse column. If<br />

the data in the column is numerical, you can get a summary based on<br />

the following:<br />

Count. Displays the number of items in an x-axis group. (This is the<br />

only summary option available for non-numerical data.)<br />

Sum. Displays the sum of the values in the column.<br />

Average. Displays the average of the values in the column.<br />

Minimum. Displays the minimum of the values in the column.<br />

Maximum. Displays the maximum of the values in the column.<br />

The summaries are displayed below the column in a Summaries area.<br />

• Use Hide Column to remove a column from display.<br />

• Use Reset to Factory Settings to return to the default column display<br />

settings.<br />

• Use Columns to display a list of all columns defined for the browse<br />

and toggle the show/hide settings. You can use this to restore a<br />

column that was previously hidden.<br />

• Use Properties to display technical information about the data in the<br />

column. This includes the name of the current program and the<br />

database table and field where the data for the column is stored.<br />

Grouping Data in Browses<br />

You can group data in a browse by one or multiple column headings. This<br />

gives you a quick way of building custom views of your data, which can<br />

then be exported to Excel. The groups are maintained in the Excel<br />

workbook as pivot tables.<br />

Note You must be displaying all available records in order to use the<br />

group by functions; otherwise, the results could be misleading.<br />

You begin this process in two ways:

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