Data Manager

The View | Toolbars/Managers | Data Manager command displays information about the objects in the current project such as row number, object type,visibility, IDs layer, point count, perimeter length, area, and polygon direction.

 

Show or Hide Manager

Use the View | Toolbars/Managers command to show or hide the Data Manager. A check mark is displayed next to visible managers. To show a manager, click on the manager name to place a check mark next to the manager and make the manager visible. Uncheck the manager to hide it.

 

Data Manager Contents

The Data Manager contains various information about the objects. The table below lists the columns and the information contained in each column.

 

Object Type

This column displays the object type polygons, polylines, symbols,  text, image\dav-postmap.png post maps, andimage\dav-bitmap.png images as an icon. To the left of the object type icon, the on   or off  icons display the visibility of the object types. Visibility can also be changed through the Property Manager.

Primary

This column displays the Primary ID for an object. See Editing IDs below.

Secondary

This column displays the Secondary ID for an object. See Editing IDs below.

Tertiary

This column displays the Third ID for an object. See Editing IDs below.

Quaternary

This column displays the Fourth ID for an object. See Editing IDs below.

Layer

This column displays the layer on which the object exists. You can also move objects to other layers through the Property Manager.

Point Count

This column displays the number of vertices in a polygon or polyline.

Length

This column displays the length of a polyline or the perimeter length of a polygon. The units of the length measurement are set during calibration or in Tools | Project Settings on the General tab. The units are listed next to Length in the header.

Area

This column displays the area of a polygon. The units of the area calculation are set during calibration or in Tools | Project Settings on the General tab. Area is not reported when the project is in the Unprojected Lat/Long projection. The units are listed next to Area in the header.

Direction

This column displays the direction of the polygon vertices. Reverse is counterclockwise and Forward is clockwise. Polygon direction can be reversed with Draw | Reverse Direction.

 

Editing IDs

To edit or add an ID, click in that cell with the mouse, or use the arrow keys on the keyboard to navigate through the Data Manager and type the new information into the cell.

 

Adding IDs

To add an ID column to the Data Manager, use the Map | Data | Edit Attributes Fields command.

 

Selecting Objects

To select an object, click anywhere in that object's row in the Data Manager. If you select an object in the Data Manager, it is also selected in the plot window, and vice versa.

 

You can use CTRL+click to select multiple objects and SHIFT+click to select multiple contiguous objects.

 

 

See Also

Changing the Layout

Data Attributes

Make Report

Coordinate Manager

Layer Manager

Property Manager