Timeline (PD)

The table in this tab shows the change history of the called-up product. This comprises e.g. processes like the adding, editing or deleting of attributes, prices, texts or digital assets. The various operations are presented as a list with an entry for each process, with the different properties of the listed events distributed across the different columns.

User interface


This screenshot shows the user interface under version 5.8.0.

"Free-text search": Search field for entering a search term according to which the data in the "Timeline" table is filtered.

"Restore" (Restore): Icon that is used to reset the free-text search.

“Expand all/Collapse all” (/): Icons for expanding and collapsing history entries.

"Timeline": Table that shows the history entries of the called-up product as well as its variante and items, whereby these need to be ticked in the "Product search" card, so that their data is shown in the table.

Action menu (Action menu): Icon that is used to show the action menu that contains various actions that can be applied to the table entries shown in the table.

Favorites: Customized button to which the various actions from the action menu can be allocated so that you do not have to call them up via the action menu whenever you want to use them. The respective actions can be allocated to the button via drag & drop. And they can be removed in the same way. Each allocation of actions only applies to the logged-in user.

Adjust the data view

Among other things, using the different tools you can filter for particular history entries, change the order of the entries or hide resp unhide individual entries.

  • To filter the list of history entries, enter the search term in the input field “Free-text search”. While you enter the search term, the list of history entries narrows down to those which correspond to the search term.
  • To reset the free-text search, click on the "Restore" icon ().
  • Optional: Use the column header tools to customize the selection or order of the displayed history entries. You can find more information in the chapter “Column header tools”.
  • In order to expand a particular history entry to see more detailed information, click on the “Expand” icon (Expand) at the beginning of the respective table row.
  • In order to collapse an expanded history entry again, click on the “Collapse” icon (Collapse) in the respective table row.
  • In order to expand all the history entries at once, click on the “Expand all” icon (Expand all).
  • In order to collapse all  the expanded history entries at once, click on the “Collapse all” (Collapse all).

Use the action menu

Via the action menu in the footer you can apply different actions on the listed history entries. To do so, proceed as follows:

  • To call up the action menu, click on the "Action menu" icon (Aktionsmenü) in the footer.
  • To invert the selection of ticked table cells, click on the "Invert selection" option of the action menu.
  • To export selected history entries as a .xlsx or .csv file, use the "Export" action. Further information you can find here.
  • To copy selected history entries to the clipboard, use one of the "Clipboard" actions. Further information you can find here.
Note
Using the actions from the submenus “Active selection” and “Export” requires the respective action rights.