Introduction
Environment Group Custom Lists allows you to add, edit or delete items from the following field types created in Environment Group Custom Fields:
- List fields (drop-down menus).
- List select (combo boxes).
Pre-requisite
- To be able to add and customize Environment Group Custom Lists, you must have ‘Access Customizations’ User Permission.
- You must have already created the Environment Group Custom Fields with Data Type ‘List Fields’ or ‘List Select’.
Navigation
Settings > Customization > Environments > Environment Group Custom Lists
Add Items to an Environment Group Custom List
To add items to an Environment Custom List:
- Navigate to ‘Customization’ page and click Environments.
- Click Environment Group Custom Lists.
- Select a Custom Field from the Select Custom Field drop-down.
- Click
. The system adds a line on the grid for the new field. To edit an existing custom list, search and click on the custom list from the grid and then click
.
- Enter/update the Environment Group Custom List item into the Value field.
- Click
.
Your changes will be saved and a confirmation message will display.
Sort Environment Group Custom Lists
Sort Manually
Sorting Environment Group Custom Lists changes their order in the drop down menus
To sort manually:
Sort by Column Header
Sorting by column header only changes their order on the ‘Customization’ page.
To sort alphabetically on the ‘Customization’ page by column header, click on the column header. ↑ or ↓ displays indicating the ascending or descending column sort.
Delete/Replace an Environment Group Custom List
Deleting an Environment Group Custom List will not delete it from the Environment records. But it will no longer be available when adding or editing an Environment.
While deleting, you can either select another item that will replace the item to be deleted or simply delete the item from the list. Replacing an Environment Group Custom List will replace it in existing records.
To delete or replace an Environment Group Custom List:
- Navigate to the ‘Customization’ page and double click Environments.
- Click Environment Group Custom Lists.
- Select the item that you want to delete or replace.
- Click
.
- The ‘Replace with existing value’ dialog displays.
- To replace: select the item that will replace the item to be deleted from Replace with. Then click
.
- To simply delete the item, click
.
- To replace: select the item that will replace the item to be deleted from Replace with. Then click
The item is now deleted and the page navigates back to the ‘Customization’ page.
More Information
Location of Environment Group Custom Lists
To locate the Environment Group Custom Lists:
- Go to Environment > Groups.
- Click to open an Environment Group.
- The Environment Group Custom Lists are located under the Additional Information tab.