Manage the columns on the Topics and Actions tables

You can add and remove columns, reorder columns, and sort columns.

The Header Action menu ( ) on the Topics and Actions tables has a Columns choice. It allows you to add selections from the Available Columns list to the Selected Columns list, add and remove columns, reorder columns, sort columns, and specify the order in which the columns appear in the tables.

1. In the left navigation pane, click the Topic Management icon ().
2. Select the Topics or Actions tab.
3. Click the Header Action menu ( ) and then click Columns.
   Oracle Empirica Topics displays the Columns dialog box. If this is the first time you are working with the columns, the columns that appear in the Selected Columns list are the default columns, shown below. These names will vary if your company has modified the column names.

   • Work teams
   • Project
   • Topic - Topic Name
   • Current state
   • Assigned to
   • Attachment Count
   • Action Count (includes open and closed actions)
   • Created
   • Modified
4. Select columns to include in the table from the Available Columns list and move them to the Selected Columns list using the right-arrow buttons. To remove columns, select columns in the Selected Columns list and use the left-arrow buttons to move them back to the Available Columns list.

   When adding columns to the Actions table, both action fields and topic fields appear in the Available Columns list. Action-related fields appear at the top of the list, then topic-related fields, prefixed with Topic -.

5. To change the order in which columns display in a table, in the Selected Columns list, click the column name and:
   • Click to move the column up in the list.
   • Click to move the column down in the list.
6. To move multiple columns, hold down the Ctrl key while you click the column names, and then use the up or down arrows or click the first column you want to move and Shift-click the last column.

   Note:

   For most tables, rows with empty cells appear first when you sort that column in ascending order, and last if you sort in descending order. Empty columns are always displayed last, regardless of the sort order.
7. If you want to replace your choices with the Oracle Empirica Signal defaults, click Reset. The table columns and sorting return to the default values.
8. Specify the sort order:
   1. From the Column Name drop-down lists, select a column name for up to three columns.
   2. From the Sort Order drop-down lists, select Asc (ascending order: A-Z, 1-9) or Desc (descending order: Z-A, 9-1).
9. Click OK.
   Oracle Empirica Topics updates the columns on the Topics or Actions table.

   If a table includes a lot of columns or the columns contain long values, the entire table may not fit across your browser window. Scroll to the right to see the rest of the table.

10. You can further sort the table by column values by clicking a column header. Depending on the nature of the column, the information appears in ascending or descending order.