Customize data displayed in the interactive table

This example shows how to display specific PCB component attribute information from the interactive component table.

Before following these steps, you need to log in to the web application.

  1. Click Assembly and open a PCB design.
    If you are not logged in, nothing happens when you click the command.
  2. On the Assembly main page, click the Component tab and explore the table structure including column headers and rows, to understand the data it contains.

    In this example, the table shows the data for five PCB entity attributes, each presented in its corresponding column.

    The table with the data for five PCB entity attributes.
  3. To customize the table display, click the Columns panel.

    Notice that four entity attributes are currently not selected for display in the table. You have the option to choose and select them to be included in the table view.

    The Column toolbox
  4. In the Columns panel, drag the Part Number to the top of the list to rearrange the table and set the Part Number as the first column.
    The Column toolbox
    You also can rearrange the column in the table by dragging and dropping the column header into the desired order.
  5. In the main window, click the Part Number header to sort the part numbers in descending order.
    Sorting data in descending order based on the  part number.
  6. In the Columns panel, clear, for example, the Placement/Owner check box to remove this column from the Component table, as it does not contain valuable data.
  7. To explore only the top board side component data, hover over a Board Side column heading, click the column options to open the quick access commands, choose the column filter, and clear the Bottom check box.
    Filtering the data based on the board side.
  8. To group the components data by the board side and the package number, drag and drop the Board Side and Package Name headers to the grouping row.
    Grouping the data.
    You can also group the data using the Columns toolbox.

    The Column toolbox

  9. To display full set of data in the grouping, hover over a Group column heading. Click the column options to open quick access commands and choose Expand All.
    Full set data display in the grouping.