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Formatting Row Data in Table Configurations

By default, APM formats the text in all rows using the same font, style, size, and color.

Formatting rules change the appearance of entire rows within a table configuration based on the information in a column in that row. When you create a formatting rule, you select a column value and a format. The format includes the font, font style (regular, bold, italic, or bold italic), the size, the color, and any effects (strikeout or underline). For example, in a list of RCM2 analyses, you could have new analyses appear in bold.

You can only base formatting on one column, and it must display one of these data types:

•	Boolean: You can create two formatting rules, one for when the value is true and one for when the value is false.

•	Enumerated: You can create as many formatting rules as there are enumerated values. For example, you could create four different formatting rules for RCM2 analysis status because there are four possible values.

To Format Row Data

1.	View the table configuration for which you want to format rows.

2.	Click Configuration and then Open. The Configuration dialog appears, open to the Columns tab.

3.	Select the Appearance tab, Table tab, and then the Row Formatting tab.

 

Note: If there are no columns in the configuration that contain boolean or enumerated list data, the Column to use list will be blank.

4.	Select formatting options:

Setting Name

Description

Source of formatting rules

Formatting for a configuration is most often based on the column’s values. In some cases, for example, risk matrix charts, the formatting can be obtained from the Font and Color Control class. This option is only viable if the current class has a relationship with the Font and Color Control class. Click to open the Select Join Path dialog, where you can locate the Font and color control class.

Column to use

One column for each table configuration can be used for formatting rows. The columns must support boolean or enumerated data, and you can format all possible values for that column. For example, if your table configuration shows work requests and you want to highlight the new ones, you could format the Work Request Status column so that items with the status New appear in bold.

5.	Click New. The Formatting Rule dialog appears.

6.	Select the column value to use with the formatting rule.

7.	Click the Font icon. The Font dialog appears.

8.	Select the font, style, size, effects, and script that you want to use for this column value and click OK.

9.	Select the text color from the list of available values.

10.	Select the background color for the row from the available colors.

11.	Click OK to save your changes and close the Formatting Rule dialog. The table displays all the rules that you have created for the selected column.

12.	Click OK to save the changes and close the Configuration dialog.