The grid at a glance
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Phocas tools
- Summary button
- Dimensions
- Modes
- Properties, Measures and Streams
- Periods
- Activity filter, format and other view settings
- Lock selections
- Export
- Search
- Chart view
- Focus and reset
- Matrix
Status bar
The status bar (sometimes called 'breadcrumbs' by users due to its appearance) displays the various selections and settings you have applied. It displays 'focused' selections, search criteria, matrixes and custom periods.
New t/c. ability to 'click off' selections from status bar. More about the status bar
Information button
Sometimes you want to review the selections you have made during your analysis and what properties, streams, measures, filters etc are involved. You can see all your current selections and settings via the Information button near the search box. This opens a dialog displaying these.
Show all rows
By default Phocas restricts the number of rows shown on the grid, to allow faster viewing. If there are more than 100 rows, Phocas automatically adds more ‘pages’, which you access using the arrows in the footer (as shown below).
You can change this by selecting the Paginate 
icon, but it may take much longer for the screen to load.
Freeze properties
When you are viewing a lot of columns, and scrolling across the grid, it can be useful to freeze the property columns (e.g., name, suburb) so that only the measures scroll. This way these columns stay in view while you scroll. 'Code' is always frozen.
Select the 'Freeze' icon on the grid footer to toggle on and off.
The icon is blue
when properties are frozen.
Example
With Freeze properties selected: 'Name' column remains in view while the user scrolls horizontally to see other measures. The 'freeze' icon (bottom left) is blue.
Record count
Record count appears in the bottom right corner of the grid once a dimension has been selected. It displays the number of rows of data on all pages, regardless of how many rows are showing on the screen.
The count is affected by the period and any selections or filters that have been applied.
Switch to chart view
If you prefer to see your summary as a chart select the Chart icon, shown below. Your screen will automatically update to show a simple chart, typically a bar chart. The same information is presented, just in a different format.