View Lists

The contents of Matrix objects can be viewed as lists, searched, analyzed and edited in an EB Panel, Comment Panel or Diamond Panel. Glossaries can be viewed in the New Event Block Panel or Inspector Panel.

Select Panel contents to be displayed from Investigation Catalyst> Preferences> Table Column Display.

Change by dragging the title from its present position to the new position.

Position cursor over the vertical column separator in the column titles row until the cursor changes to two parallel lines, then drag the line to the column width desired.

Enter the word or phrase to find in a Panel after the Q- in the top margin of the Panel. Any rows containing the word or phrase will be listed, while other rows will be hidden.

Changes in panels change the text in the object on the Matrix.

Use the arrow keys or scroll bars to scroll down or up in the lists.

Click on the first column of a Panel to jump to and select that object in the upper left corner of the Matrix.

View EBs

1. Command+k or Window>EB Panel opens EB Panel. The EB panel displays each EB on a line in a table.
2. Select the sort order for the data with the pull down menu in the upper left corner of the Panel.
3. Sort by actor and scan this view to check the consistency and content of the EB entries.
4. Sort by Begin time, and scan the lines for out-of-sequence EBs.
5. Sort by location, and scan for out-of-sequence EBs.
6. Sort by Source and scan for consistency of source names

Click on the actor in the first column of the EB Table to position that EB in upper left corner of the Matrix window.This Panel can be printed as it appears on screen with the usual File>Print commands or saved as a PDF file from the Print window.

View Comments

Command-L or Window > Comment Panel opens the Comment Panel

Click on the Number in the first column of the Diamond Table to position that Comment in upper left corner of the Matrix window. This Panel can be printed as it appears on screen with the usual File>Print commands or saved as a PDF file from the Print window.

View Diamonds

Window> Diamond Panel or Command+L opens the Diamond Summary Table

This is a "cascading" list in that one Problem Diamond in the Diamond Table pane may have more than one Option in the Controls Table pane, and each Option may have more than one Tradeoff in the Tradeoffs Table. To view the detail desired, first select a row in the Diamond Table, then select a row in the Controls Table to view the related tradeoffs. In the illustration, selecting Problem 1 and Option 3 display two tradeoffs.

Select and edit any text in this Table (except Diamond number)

Use Table to consult with others about the contents of each problem statement, option or tradeoff analysis.

To change the state, you must return to the Diamond Inspector Panel, to prevent inadvertent changes to this important variable. In the Inspector, click on the ? or check mark in the State column.

Click on the Number in the first column of the Diamond Table to position that Diamond in upper left corner of the Matrix window.

The current panel display can be printed as it appears on screen with the usual Mac File>Print. . . commands or saved as a PDF file from the Print window.