The basic elements to control data dictionary can be found on the control panel. The picture below shows the control panel:
The
Actions
menu.
This menu contains the main control commands for the data
dictionary;
The
New Item
menu.
In this menu the basic commands to create new elements in the data
dictionary are placed;
The
Edit button
provides an opportunity to change any element, which can be
edited;
Using
the Delete button
one can delete any item in the data dictionary available for
deleting;
Pressing
the Up button,
the selected item in the data dictionary is moved one position
up;
Pressing
the Down button,
the selected item in the data dictionary is moved one position
down;
The
Sorting Items
menu.
In this menu one can select the sorting direction:
Ascending,
Descending.
Also in this menu, one can enable Automatic
Sorting. The
picture below shows the Sorting Items
menu:
The Ascending option sorts the information in order from A to Z; The Descending option sorts the information in order from Z to A. The Auto Sort sorts in order from A to Z. One should note that the items are sorted within functional groups. For example, data sources within the data sources group are not mixed with the variables and the variables within the variables group are not mixed with the data sources, etc. Also note the nesting of elements of the data dictionary.