Tabular Data Manager: Basic Operations

Main interface features

Composition of the interface :

Ribbon menu

The interface consists of a top ribbon menu of four tabs (i.e Home, Curation, Modify, Rule, Template and Analyse) which includes the main functionalities of the portlet.

Tabular Data Manager, Ribbon menu

Tabular Data Manager, Curation tab

Tabular Data Manager, Modify tab

Tabular Data Manager, Rule tab

Tabular Data Manager, Template tab

Tabular Data Manager, Analyse tab

Tools area

The interface has a left side panel which reports all the informations related to the activated Tabular Resource. In this panel the user, switching on the TAB "Properties", can change the basic informations of the Tabular Resource, visualize the validations result for the latest task executed (using the "Validations" button) or check the resources connected to this tabular resource (i.e. maps, csv files etc.) using the "Resources" button.

Tabular Data Manager, tools area

Main area

In the central panel, your active tabular resource is displayed. The picture shows on which tabular resource you are working on as confirmed by the bottom panel.

Tabular Data Manager, main area

Home

Tabular Resource Menu

This section includes basic operations to open, close, delete, investigating the properties and clone your tabular resource.

Tabular Data Manager, Tabular Resource Menu

Open

A window will show the list of tabular resource available to the user.

To open your tabular resource you need to click on the Home tab and on the Open button of the Tabular Resource menu.

A window will appear to show the list of tabular resources already uploaded in your workspace and thus available to be visualized

Close All

A singular tabular resources can be closed directly in the bottom menu of the central panel (See Figure in Section "Main area"). You can also use the close button on the top of the ribbon menu, Home-> Tabular Resource, which allows to close all the open tabular resources in you working environment.

Clone

You can create one or more copies of your tabular resource using the Clone button in the Tabular Resource menu.

Share

Users can decide sharing their own tabular resources by using the Share button in the same Menu. This button will be active only on the opened tabular resource. The person receiving the shared tabular resource, will automatically have it in the Tabular Data Manager repository.

Tabular Data Manager, Share

Delete

It is possible to delete your tabular resources using the button Delete on the Tabular Resource menu of the Home tab. The resource will not be available into your workspace anymore. A po-up window will appear to confirm the operation.

Tabular Data Manager, Delete

Properties

The tab properties shows the main characteristics of the activated tabular resource, for example: description, type and owner.

Tabular Data Manager, properties

Resources

The Resources button, shows the resources associated with the tabular resource. The users can manage resources using the context menu.

Tabular Data Manager, resources

Validations

The Validations button, shows the validations associated with the tabular resource. The users can manage validations using the context menu.

Tabular Data Manager, validations

Import Menu

CSV

Users can import their file in .csv format, by clicking on the CSV button of the Import menu.

Tabular Data Manager, Ribbon menu

The user can specify using a pop-up window the file source. There are two possibilities: File source, if you want to retrieve your files from your local computer or Workspace, if you want to retrieve them from your workspace.

Tabular Data Manager, CSV source selection

After, several pop-up windows will appear for both file configuration and detail.

Tabular Data Manager, CSV configuration

Tabular Data Manager, Details on the imported table

A final pop-up window will inform you when the file is successfully imported

Tabular Data Manager, file successfully uploded

SDMX

Users can import tabular resources from SDMX registry, by clicking on the SDMX button of the Import menu.

Export Menu

CSV

Users can export their file in a .csv format, by clicking on the CSV button in the Export menu.

Tabular Data Manager, Ribbon menu

Using a pop-up window, the user specifies the folder into the workspace where the file will be saved. From the workspace the file can be downloaded in local.

Tabular Data Manager, Export your CSV in your Workspace folder

A pop-up windows will help you to configure your file for the export.

Tabular Data Manager, Configure the export of your CSV file

A final pop-up window will inform you the success of the export procedure.

Tabular Data Manager, the file has been successfully exported

JSON

Users can export their file in a .json format, by clicking on the JSON button in the Export menu.

Tabular Data Manager, Export JSON

SDMX

Users can export tabular resources in SDMX registry, by clicking on the SDMX button of the Export menu.

Tasks Menu

Timeline

This button displays all the operations performed on the active tabular resource. It gives information on the type, the status and the progress of the operation in case some of them are still on course.

Tabular Data Manager, Timeline monitor view

Background

Users can run multiple operations and leave them in the background while working with other tabular resources.

History Menu

The history menu registers all the operation you performed in the file. The user can decide to go back until the original is not recovered.

Tabular Data Manager, Ribbon menu

History

Records of all the operation executed on the table. The user can sort ascending or descending the operations and decide which one to visualize.

Tabular Data Manager, Screen-shot of the last executed operation on one file

Undo

This button allows to recover the previous version of the file by annulling the executed operations

Tabular Data Manager, Discard last operation

Inline Filter

This functions allows to filter the rows to a certain value the user establishes, the tabular resource is not changed only the view is modified.

Tabular Data Manager, Inline Filter Text

Note the Inline Filter changes according to the column type.

Tabular Data Manager, Inline Filter Integer or Numeric

Tabular Data Manager, Inline Filter Boolean

Tabular Data Manager, Inline Filter Attribute Date

Filter

Look at Filter section.

Replace Batch

This functions has a duplex utility: the user can replace the cells that have been identified with errors in previous operations or can replace all at once the cells that match the criteria selected.