What are Inspectors?

Briefly

Inspectors are powerful views into your collection. You control a number of aspects of the collection from the inspector.

When you double-click a collection, an inspector appears in a little window of its own. This window "floats" above your document. You may open as many inspectors as you like. Close an inspector as you close any window - by clicking on the X in the upper-right corner (Windows) or the close box in the upper-left corner (Macintosh).

Each inspector has at least four panes. Press on a tab to (e.g. the Measures tab) make the corresponding pane come to the front.

1. Cases pane. This pane lists all of the attributes in a vertical scrolling list. Enter values for the attributes in the Values column. You can see values of different cases by pressing the arrows at the bottom. You can edit formulas for the attributes by double-clicking in the Formula column.

2. Measures pane. This pane lists all of the measures in a vertical scrolling list. You can edit formulas for the attributes by double-clicking in the Formula column.

3. Comments pane. You can write comments here. If the collection comes from somewhere else, its creator may have documented it in this space.

4. Display pane. This pane lists all of the display attributes in a scrolling list. You can edit formulas for the attributes by double-clicking in the Formula column.

Other Panes

Inspectors for derived collections have a fifth pane - one of the following:

Sample Pane

Scramble Pane

Collect Measures Pane

Stack

Import