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# Orientation

The Decision Table Editor opens in a split view by default. The pane on the left displays a table containing the data that is available for plotting. The pane on the right charts the data from the rows selected for display. Points on the chart correspond to the current value of a cell in the table. You can also edit these data table values by directly manipulating the chart nodes.

## Table Pane

This pane displays the data imported in the csv file, and also contains:

- the Column Manager, which allows you to add, rename, or remove data columns.
- Two buttons which allow you to:

  - Add a new data row to the table.

  - Delete selected row(s) from the table.

- A search field, enabling you to search the data table for an exact string or value (wildcards are not supported).

The data table will display scroll bars on the right and bottom of the pane when required.

## Chart Pane

The right-hand pane shows the Chart view. This pane has a configuration panel at the bottom and the chart view above. The data columns to be used as the chart axis are selected in the configuration panel. Wildcard values in the data table are not shown in the chart.

There controls are displayed at the top of the chart pane used to change the display settings and selected values when in chart view. These are (as shown from left to right):

Item | Description
--- | ---
Zoom | Click and drag an area on the chart to set the chart view bounds
Pan | Click and drag on a zoomed chart to pan the chart view
Zoom in | Click to increase the scale displayed in the chart view—See also Chart Zoom
Zoom out | Click to decrease the scale displayed in the chart view—See also Chart Zoom
Auto-scale | Set the chart view to only show the range the Y axis that contains data
Reset axis | Set the chart view to show the entire Y axis range
Drag: | Menu heading for two tools used drag a single or all data points in a series
Point Drag | Drag to adjust the value for a single point
Series Drag | Drag to adjust all the values the selected series
Curve Drag | Drag a point in a series to create and adjust a curve
Transform | Menu heading for two tools used straighten or smooth all data points in a series
Straighten | Straighten the points between the first and last values in a selected series
Smooth | Create a smooth curve between the first and last points in a selected series

Parent Topic Working with the Decision Table Editor

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