Working with System i Navigator lists on the Web

Although you can work with the same function on the Web as you can on the installed client, the interface used to work with System i® Navigator tasks on the Web is different from the interface on the installed client.

The following information describes how to take action on a System i Navigator task or function from a Web browser, and also provides tips for how to change the way System i Navigator items are displayed in the online list view.

Note: It is important to log out after you are finished using System i Navigator tasks on the Web. When you log out, the system has a chance to close connections and free resources, which makes more memory available to other applications.

Performing actions on a System i Navigator list

To perform actions on a System i Navigator list, you can take action on:

The entire list

Actions that apply to the entire System i Navigator list, such as Include and Columns, can be found in the Select Action menu at the top of the list. Select the action and click Go to perform the action. No selection of items in the list is needed prior to performing these types of actions.

A single item

To perform an action on a single item in the list, click the menu icon that is located next to the item name. This displays a context menu where you can select the desired action.

Multiple items

To perform an action on multiple items in the list, select the items by clicking in the selection box to the left of the item names. The items you want to work with are now highlighted. To perform the action, do one of the following:

Select the desired action from the Select Action field at the top of the list, and click Go.
Click the menu icon that is located next to the item name of one of the selected items. This displays a context menu where you can select the desired action

Every item in the list

To perform an action on every item in the list, click the Select All icon at the top of the list, and then click the menu icon that is located next to one of the item names. This displays a context menu where you can select the desired action

Table functions available on the Web

The table functions available on the Web are:

Find

The Web table supports a find function, which has more capability than the Find supported within the System i Navigator client. You can do the following from the Web table:

Specify these different conditions: contains, starts with, ends with, exact match
Limit the search to a specific column, or search across all columns
Search up or down in the list
Specify whether to match the case
Specify to display the Find toolbar or to hide the Find toolbar

Filter

List filtering is provided for all System i Navigator lists on the web, regardless of whether the component that provides the list supports an include function. It should be noted that, unlike the include function, filter settings for lists are not remembered for subsequent uses of the list. This filtering function supports the following:

Supports filtering on one or more columns in the list
Supports the following filter conditions for text columns (a match case option can be applied to all of these conditions) :
- Contains
- Starts with
- Ends with
Supports the following filter conditions for numerical columns:
- All numbers
- Numbers less than xxx
- Numbers less than or equal to xxx
- Numbers greater than xxx
- Numbers greater than or equal to xxx
- Numbers equal to xxx
- Numbers not equal to xxx
- Numbers between xxx and yyy
- Numbers between and including xxx and yyy

Sort

The built-in data sorting allows you to do the following:

Specify up to 3 columns from the list to sort the list by
Specify ascending or descending sorting for each of the columns

List navigation

The Web table allows easy navigation throughout the list by supporting the following:

Next and previous buttons for moving through the list
Going to a specific page in the list
Collapsing or expanding the entire list

Note: If you want to modify the number of entries per page that display in a list, you can use the Table size parameter (&table-size).

Add or remove selections for all items in the list

You can easily add a selection to all items in the list, or remove selections from all items in the list by clicking on a toolbar icon at the top of the web table.