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Change Column Names and Edit Display Properties

Use the Configure: List Column Fields page to change the column names on a page or portlet, and to edit column display properties.

Select Columns to Display

By default, the Configure: List Column Fields page lists the names of the default columns for a page or portlet (referred to as selected). You can change this page to display only available columns, or both available and selected columns. Available columns are those columns that come with CA Clarity PPM out of the box but do not appear on pages or portlets until you or your CA Clarity PPM administrator configures them to do so.

To select the display columns

On the page you want to select display columns, click the Actions menu and choose Configure.

The Configure: List Column Layout page appears.

  1. From the content menu, click Fields.

    The Configure: List Column Fields page appears.

  2. From the Display menu, choose the type of columns you want to appear on the page.

    Selected columns appear by default. Your other choices are "Available" and "All," which displays both selected and available columns.

  3. Click Go to refresh the page to display the type of columns you selected.
Change Column Names

To change a column’s name

  1. From the Actions menu on the page or portlet you want to change, choose Configure.

    The Configure: List Column Layout page appears.

  2. From the content menu, click the Fields link.

    The Configure: List Column Fields page appears.

    The Column Label fields display the names of the columns on the page or portlet you started from.

  3. Modify the column name to the new name.
  4. Click Save and Exit to save your changes and view the new labels on the page or portlet you started from.
Change Column Properties

You can change a number of display options for each column that appears on the page or portlet you started from.

To change column display properties

  1. From the Actions menu on the page or portlet you want to change, choose Configure.

    The Configure: List Column Layout page appears.

  2. From the content menu, click the Fields link.

    The Configure: List Column Fields page appears.

    The Column Label fields display the names of the columns on the page or portlet you started from.

  3. Click the Properties icon next to the desired column’s name.

    The List Column Field page for that column appears.

    The Attribute field, which displays the name of the column, and the Data Type field, which displays the type of data the column displays, are view-only.

  4. Complete the following fields as needed:
    Column Label

    Defines the column label. Click the Translate icon if you want to display the label in a different language.

    Show Column Label

    Indicates if the name of column will display on the page. Clear this check box to hide the column name.

    Display Type

    Specifies the way in which you want data to display in this column.

    Values:

    • Number. Displays the field as a number
    • Percent. Displays the field as a value with a percent sign (for example, .34% or 34%)
    • Calculated Percent. Displays the field as a calculated value (100 x field value) with a percent sign (for example, 34% or 3400%)
    • Column Graph. Displays the field as a column graph
    • Bar Graph. Displays the field as a bar graph.
    Decimal Places

    Specifies the number of decimal places you want any numbers in the column to have.

    Default: 2

    Secondary Value

    If you want to display stacked data in the column cells, defines the secondary value to appear with the column data.

    Alignment

    Specifies the location of the column on the page or portlet you started from.

    Column Width

    Defines the relative column width, in percentages. If left blank, the column width is system-calculated relative to the width of the other columns on the page.

    Allow Word Wrapping in Column Header

    Indicates if the column label can wrap.

    Allow Word Wrapping in Column

    Indicates if all text in this column’s cells can wrap.

    Link

    Specifies the page in which to link to. The list of available pages are those that are relevant and related to the column name.

    Open as Pop-Up

    If you make the column name a link, indicates if the linked page opens as a pop-up. If this check box is clear, the link takes you directly to the page.

    Default: cleared.

    Disable Link Attribute

    Select an attribute to indicate whether the value in the Link field appears in a list or grid as text only or as a hyperlink.

    If the value of the attribute selected equals zero, the text in the corresponding Link field appears as text only. If the value selected in the field is not zero or if a value is not selected, the value selected in the Link field appears as a hyperlink.

    This field applies only when the Link field has a value selected.

  5. Click Submit to view your changes and return to the Configure: List Options page.

More information:

Change the Column Layout