Sorting

Using this tab, you can select cameras for a report from the project by simple or complex filtering criteria, sort the cameras in the report, and also select and sort parameters of the cameras that you want to show in the report tables.

Filtering cameras

To enable filtering, check the Filter cameras checkbox.

To filter cameras, filters from the Table of Cameras window are used.

To select cameras for the PDF report:

•	open the Table of Cameras window;

•	using Filtering by parameter value on the Table of Cameras, filter the cameras that should be included in the PDF report. You can combine filters by several parameters. After setting filters, in the Table of Cameras only the cameras selected by you should be displayed;

•	close the Table of Cameras window;

•	Click on the Get Filter button. The filter from the Table of Cameras will appear in the Filter string box.

Cameras for the PDF report will be selected according to the displayed Filter string. When saving report parameters to a pattern, the Filter string will be recorded to the report pattern along with other report parameters;

If you check the Print filter checkbox, the Filter string itself will be printed in the report in the section Cameras summary.

Sorting cameras

To enable sorting, check the Sort cameras checkbox.

To sort cameras, sorting from the Table of Cameras window is used.

To sort cameras for the PDF report:

•	open the Table of Cameras window;

•	Using Sorting by column data in the Table of Cameras, sort the cameras by one or more parameters. After setting the sorting in the Table of cameras, the cameras should be displayed in the table in the desired order;

•	close the Table of Cameras window;

•	Click on the Get sort string button. The sorting order string from the Table of Cameras will appear in the Sort string box.

When creating the PDF report, the cameras will be sorted in the specified order. If camera distribution into groups is enabled, then cameras will be sorted inside the groups.

When saving report parameters to a pattern, the Sort string will be recorded to the report pattern along with other report parameters;

If you check the Print sort string checkbox, the Sort string itself will be printed in the report in the section Cameras summary.

Filtering and sorting camera parameters

To select and sort parameters that should be included in the individual parameter tables of each camera:

•	open the Table of Cameras window;

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adjust visibility, order and widths of displayed columns. After finishing adjusting, only columns with parameters that should be included in the PDF report should be visible in the Table of Cameras window. The Columns must be in the desired order. Column widths should be sufficient to display all headers;

•	save the column configuration of the Table of Cameras to a View;

•	close the Table of Cameras window;

•	Select the saved View from the View from the Table of Cameras combobox.

The View selected here will determine the parameters included in the individual parameter tables of each camera. The parameters included in the Table of (all) cameras are set on the Table of Cameras tab.

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