Parts of a Grid

The grid portion of an editor or dialog displays the specifications for a definition, request, or task. In some instances (for example, when you define a relationship or create a Table Map), Optim™ populates these grids with information from the database or the Optim Directory. In other cases, you use the grid to enter specifications for a particular task or definition.

Note: The terms columns and rows commonly refer to database tables. To avoid confusion in this guide, the columns that make up a grid are described as grid columns and the rows in a grid are referred to as grid rows.

In most grids, you can open a shortcut menu when you right-click a grid heading or a grid column.

Details

A typical grid includes the following:

Grid Heading
Descriptive text above a grid column.
Grid Column
Vertical division of the grid, delimited by vertical lines.
Grid Row
Horizontal division within a grid, delimited by horizontal lines and often numbered.
Grid Cell
Smallest unit in a grid; the intersection of a row and a column.

The following illustrates the grid portion of the Table Map Editor: grid display of table map editor showing grid headings, rows numbers, cells and columns