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Manipulating Data Using Tables

Selecting Multiple Items​

Rapid Platform allows you to select multiple items at once. This allows you to use a button from the Command Bar, and apply its commands to multiple items. When multiple items are selected, this allows the user to:

  1. Delete multiple items
  2. Link multiple items to another item
  3. Launch a Process or Workflow using multiple items

To select items in Rapid, hover the cursor over an item row. A circle will appear on the far left of the item row. Press this selection circle.

A screenshot that depicts how a selection icon will appear when the user hovers their mouse over an item row. The screenshot is annotated with a red box that indicates the location of the selection circle.

Once you select an item the circle will become filled, and will now display a checkmark. Additionally, the background will be faintly highlighted in grey.

A screenshot that depicts how items appear that

You can press additional selection circles to select multiple items.

Bulk Editing​

While you have multiple items selected in a data table, any edit made to an in-line item will be applied to every item selected. This can be a quick way to update a bunch of items.

For example, let's set the due date to these forward in time

The task table with several tasks selected

First we set the due date for one of the selected items

Date picker on the inline task selecting another date

Then note how it affects all the selected tasks. Modified tasks that are not saved are highlighted.

All the selected tasks in the table now show the future date

Finally we hit save to commit the changes. Saving will save every modified item, not just the selected ones.

Save button on the data table command bar

Downloading a CSV Version of the Current View​

The Command Bar also contains an Export as CSV button, which will export and download the current table, including any views or filters, as a .csv file.

A screenshot that shows the location of the "Export As CSV" button in the Command Bar. The button is stylised as an Excel spreadsheet icon.

The button will download the CSV file to your computer, in your computer's default downloads folder.