The Observations List view, located at the top center of APA, lists all observations for the selected (active) STC, sequenced based on the User Preference. This view includes a toolbar, sort-able columns and a row-specific context menu. The tab title for this view displays the active started task for the list along with either 'Local', indicating the local repository is active or 'Remote' when the remote repository is active.
![]() Observations List view |
Each row represents an individual observation and includes the Request Number, Reports Downloaded, Owned By, Description, Job Name, Date/Time of the Observation, number of Samples taken, Observation Status and the Delete Days (number of days before the observation will be deleted). The list can be sequenced for any of these fields by clicking on the column header.
If the observation is a parent with children, the display default will show the observations list collapsed. An expand command, "+" (XP) or ">" (Vista), is displayed which when clicked, expands the row to reveal the child observations.
A reports icon is displayed on each row where reports for an observation have been downloaded. A sticky note icon
is displayed on each observation request row which has a sticky note. Double-clicking the observation row will launch the sticky note dialog.
A context menu is available for each observation. Right-click on the row of the desired observation and the list of available menu actions will be displayed. Reference the Context Menu section of the Observations List for details.
For each observation list row that is selected, the Observation Detail and Observation Reports List views are updated with the active (selected) request. Reference the Observation Detail View and Observation Reports List View sections for details.
Reference the APA User's Guide, R02 - Observation session list section for details of the individual fields.