Grid Functions
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open Print preview/ Exporting data  
 
Grid - Preview  
 
All grids on SoftBooking can be printed or exported into MS Excel, onto an XML sheet or to a file; these functions can be accessed by right mouse clicking on the grid you wish to print/export:  

chiclet To Print  
 
·To print a grid, press the right mouse button and select print preview from the dropdown menu.  
·A pop up preview of the print will appear, to print the screen press the picture of a printer at the top of the print preview screen.  
 
chiclet To export  
 
·To export a grid, press the right mouse button and select Open in Excel, Open in XML or Save to File from the dropdown menu.  
·A box will now appear asking you to save the file, type in what you wish the document to be saved as and press the save button.  
·The exported data will now display on the screen in the format selected.  
 
open Show customise  
 
Grid - Customise
All the main grids on the SoftBooking system can be customised to show the data you want to see on them. To customise a grid press the text line titled show customise located in the grid option area of the sidebar of the appropriate screen.
 
 
A small box will now be appear in the bottom right hand corner of your screen; this box contains all the available fields/columns which can be added to the main data grid. To add a column click and hold your mouse on the item you wish to see on the main grid, and drag this item to the main grid column headings, two green arrows will flash to indicated where the new column will be placed, release you mouse button to place the column in the highlighted area.  
 
To remove a column from the main grid, select the column you wish to remove and click and hold your mouse button on the column heading, now drag this column into the show customise box, the column should now disappear.  
 
open Grouping Columns  
 
Client Grouped By Disc
All the grids on the SoftBooking system can be shown with the data grouped together, so for example on the treatment main screen you may wish to group the data by treatment group; so all hair removal treatments are shown together, all facials are shown together, all nail treatments are shown together and so on.

To group your data press the text line titled show group header located in the grid option area of the sidebar of the appropriate screen.
 
 
A new blue line will now appear above the main grid; to group by a particular column drag the appropriate column heading into the new blue line, so for the above example you would drag the treatment group column heading into the blue line, the data would now be grouped by treatment group.