Printer Maestro: Inventory Events Pane

When Printer Maestro is configured to manage inventory, it stores information about the inventory events as fields in the BarTender System Database. You can view this information by adding or removing columns in the Printer Maestro: Inventory Events pane.

The following information is stored about each inventory event in the BarTender System Database:

• Computer: Displays the name of the computer on which the inventory event was generated.

• Item Description: Displays the custom description that was entered for the inventory item that generated the event.

• Item Type: Displays the type of inventory item that generated the event.

• Message: Displays the contents of the message that is associated with the inventory event. Click the arrow to display the entire message.

• Part Number: Displays the part number of the inventory item that generated the event.

• Severity: Displays the severity level of the message.

• Time: Displays the date and time when the inventory event occurred.

• Time (UTC): Displays the date and time when the inventory event occurred in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

• User: Displays the name of the user who generated the inventory event.

To configure column properties, right-click a column header to open the context menu. The options that are displayed vary depending on the pane in which the selected column is located and on the properties that are already configured.

The following options are available:

• Clear All Sorting: Clears all custom sorting and displays the contents of the pane in the default order. Available when the selected column is sorted in ascending or descending order.

• Group By This Column: Groups all records by the selected column.

• Hide/Show Group By Box: Hides or shows the Group By box.

• Hide This Column: Hides the selected column.

• Columns: Lists the available columns for the active pane. Use this option to hide a column or to show a previously hidden column.

• Best Fit: Resizes the selected column to a width that displays all of the text in that field.

• Best Fit (All Columns): Resizes all columns to a width that displays all of the text in each field of the column.

• Filter Editor: Opens the Filter Editor dialog, which you can use to create a conditional expression for your filter. Not available for all columns.

• Show/Hide Find Panel: Shows or hides the Find panel, which includes a search box that you can use to search for items in the result set.

• Show Auto Filter Row: Displays the Auto Filter row, which you can use to filter the items in the result set. Not available for all columns.

• Collapse/Expand All: Collapses or expands grouped data rows.

• Fit Columns to Window: Resizes all columns to expand to fill the active pane.

When you right-click a record, History Explorer displays the following options:

• Copy Row: Copies the data in the selected row to the Clipboard.

• Copy Cell: Copies the data in the selected cell to the Clipboard.

Use the navigation bar to quickly browse through the records in the pane.

  Moves to the previous record.

  Moves to the previous page of data.

  Moves to the first record.

  Moves to the next record.

  Moves to the next page of data.

  Moves to the last record.