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Table Report

Where can I find this command?
Keyboard:
vaTables
Icon:
Table panel left click [right click]
Toolbar: Documentation
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Menu:
VisualARQ > Table > Table Report

The table report panel displays information about objects in the model dynamically.

When you run the vaTables command, the Table report panel will appear. This panel is divided into two different areas, with their own toolbar

  1. Table list
  2. Table data
Table report panel.
Table report panel

1. Table list

This area shows the list of tables added to the table report panel.

It shows the name of the list, the style, and whether it is a dynamic table or not.

By default, the name of the table takes the name of the selected style when the table is added, but you can type any other name on that field.

New table

New table
  • Adds a new table to the table report panel, as the vaTable command does.
  • The new table appears in the table list.

Remove table

Delete
  • Removes a table from the panel.

Insert table

Insert table
  • Inserts the table report as a 2D table object in the model (or in a page layout), as the vaTable command does.
  • The information displayed in this table is linked to the table report, but the values might not be refreshed until the table is updated with the vaUpdate command.

Export table

Export table
  • Runs the vaTableExport command to export the content of the table report to .csv or .xml file formats.

Table styles

table styles

2. Table data

This area shows the information of objects existing in the model, according to the table style and the selection of objects.

Include objects

Include objects in the table
  • Includes new objects in the table report. This button is only enabled for tables that are not dynamic.

Exclude objects

Exclude objects from the table
  • Excludes objects from the table report. This button is only enabled for tables that are not dynamic.

Dynamic Table

Dynamic table
  • When this button is activated, new objects inserted in the model will be added automatically in the table report according to the table style and the filters applied.

Filters

Filters
  • This button opens the Filters dialog from which you can exclude objects from the table report.
  • The objects can be excluded by Level, by Style, and by Layer.
  • Use the checkbox to filter objects from the table report.
  • Click on the Apply button to see the changes on the table report while having the Filters dialog open.
  • Click on the OK button to close the Filters dialog and see the changes on the table report.
  • When a filter is applied, the button appears highlighted in the table report toolbar, warning the user that the table might not include all objects existing in the model.

Table Filters dialog.
Table Filters Dialog

Click behaviours

  • Highlight objects: clicking on any row will highlight the referenced objects in the model.
  • Zoom to objects: double-clicking on any row will highlight and do a zoom selection of the referenced objects in the model.
  • Clear selection: clicking twice on an empty area in the objects list will unhighlight any object selection.
  • Change order list: clicking on the property field headers will change the order of the rows according to the values of that field alphabetically or numerically, switching from ascendant to descendant order or vice versa.
Note:

When selecting one or more objects in the model that are being listed in the table panel, the rows listing those objects will be highlighted as well.

Edit objects from the list

Some values of the object properties can be edited directly on the list. Properties that can be edited by object, such as the Style, Name, Height, Tag..., can be also edited in the table report list, but calculated properties (such as Area, Volume, Thickness...) can't.

To edit any of the values in the list, click once on the desired table cell, and click again until the cell shows a drop-down symbol with a value list Editable list., or it turns into an editable text box Editable text..

Note:

When a table cell doesn't show any value, it may happen for two reasons:

  • The listed objects don't have any value assigned for that property field.
  • The listed objects are grouped by other property fields, and they have different values for the empty property field. (This doesn't affect the properties Length, Area, and Volume, whose values are always summed up in grouped objects.

Contextual menu

When you keep pressing right-click on any row, the contextual menu will appear with some actions:

  • Insert table...: inserts the table report as a 2D table object in the model.
  • Export to Excel...: runs the vaTableExport command to export the content of the table report to CSV or XML file formats.
  • Add objects...: includes new objects in the table report. This option is only enabled for tables that are not dynamic.
  • Remove objects...: excludes objects from the table report. This option is only enabled for tables that are not dynamic.
  • Zoom to objects: zooms to the highlighted objects in the selected table report row.
  • Select objects: selects objects from the selected table report row.
  • Unselect objects: unselects objects from the selected table report row.
  • Clear selection: unselects all objects from the table report.
  • Edit table style: Opens the table styles dialog for the selected table.