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Add or Manage Display Field Configurations

Empower your end-users with a tailored Self Service experience in Nodinite by customizing the order and naming of columns in Log Views and Monitor Views. This guide shows you how to add, edit, and manage Display Field Configurations, ensuring your team sees the most relevant data in the most effective way.

On this page, you will learn how to:

  • ✅ Add and manage Display Field Configurations for Log Views and Monitor Views
  • ✅ Control the order and naming of columns for maximum clarity
  • ✅ Enable Self Service for your users with easy customization

Provide your end-users the best possible Self Service experience by placing columns in the order that makes the best sense for your use case. Manage the display name and set of columns once, and reuse the configuration in any number of Log Views and Monitor Views. For the concept and field types, see the Display Field Configurations overview.

How It Works

graph TD A["fa:fa-user-gear Administrator opens Display Field Configurations"] --> C{"fa:fa-cog Configuration exists?"} C -->|"Yes"| D["fa:fa-edit Open existing configuration"] C -->|"No"| E["fa:fa-plus-circle Add Display Field Configuration"] E --> T["fa:fa-list Set Name and View Type"] T --> F["fa:fa-filter Filter Available Fields"] D --> F F --> G["fa:fa-hand-pointer Select Fields"] G --> H["fa:fa-arrows-alt-v Reorder Columns"] H --> I["fa:fa-font Rename with Artifact Renaming"] I --> J["fa:fa-save Save Configuration"] J --> K["fa:fa-eye Log View or Monitor View shows the custom columns"] style A fill:#2678BD,color:#fff style J fill:#93d16d,color:#000 style K fill:#93d16d,color:#000

Display Field Configuration workflow: the administrator starts (blue), selects, orders, and renames fields, and the saved result (green) shows up as columns in Log Views and Monitor Views.

Edit

A Display Field Configuration has the following properties:

  • Name – The user-friendly name used for selection within Log Views and Monitor Views (Required)
  • Description – The user-friendly description for this configuration (Optional)
  • View Type – Log View or Monitor View; decides which fields you can select. You can only change it while no Display Fields are selected (Required)
  • Display Fields – The set of selected columns (Fields) (Optional)

Either add a new Display Field Configuration by clicking on the 'Add Display Field Configuration' button or by selecting one existing from the list.

Add Display Field Configuration button (7.12)
The 'Add' Display Field Configuration button in the upper right corner of the list.

Display Field Configuration editor with Name, Description, View Type, and the Display Fields panel (7.12)
The editor for a new Display Field Configuration; click Edit in the Display Fields panel to pick the columns. The editor of a saved configuration also has Delete at the left of the footer.

New 7.12 When you edit an existing Display Field Configuration, the toolbar also has Mapify and Mermaid, which show the configuration and the Log Views and Monitor Views that use it in Mapify or as a Mermaid diagram.
Display Field Configuration edit page toolbar with Mapify, Mermaid, Add Display Field Configuration, and Save (7.12)
The Mapify and Mermaid buttons on the edit page.

Add or Remove

Add or remove fields from the list of Available Fields.

Fields dialog of Contoso Orders: Finance columns with the All (46) and Selected (0) tabs, the filters, and selectable fields (7.12)
Check fields on the All tab; the Selected tab shows the columns in their display order.

Filter

The All tab has Filter the result, Select a Display Field Type, and Include deleted (deleted Display Fields). The Selected tab has Filter the result and the Artifact Renaming switch; the type filter is on the All tab only.

Display Field Type filter with Event Comment, Event Detail, Repository, and Search Field (7.12)
Narrow down long lists by the type of field, for example only Search Fields.

Artifact renaming

Rename O2C - Order ID to Order number in Contoso Orders: Finance columns with the type filter and Artifact Renaming, animated walkthrough (7.12)
Animated walkthrough: find the field with the filters, give it the name users know, and save.

  1. Open Contoso Orders: Finance columns and click Edit on Display Fields.
  2. On the All tab, pick Search Field in the type filter and type Order ID in Filter the result. O2C - Order ID is ticked.
  3. Open the Selected tab and check Artifact Renaming.
  4. Type Order number in the Artifact Renaming box of O2C - Order ID.
  5. Click Confirm and close, then Save. The Display Fields panel lists Order number, with a badge for the original field. Artifact Renaming gives a selected field a different column name for the users of the view, without renaming the field itself. On the Selected tab, check Artifact Renaming (When checked, you can manage the Artifact Renaming) to add an Artifact Renaming column in front of Display Name.

Fields dialog on the Selected tab with Artifact Renaming checked and O2C - Order ID renamed to Order number (7.12)
The Search Field O2C - Order ID is shown to users as Order number, and the badge next to the new name links to the original field.

The Selected tab shows, for each selected field:

Column or control Description
Checkbox Clear it to remove the field from the selection; the header checkbox selects or clears all.
Drag handle Drag the row to change the column order.
Artifact Renaming The column name users see. Leave it empty (If the Artifact Renaming is set) to keep the Display Name; click × to clear it. Shown only while Artifact Renaming is checked.
Display Name The field's own name, with an icon for the type of field (Log Event detail, Search Field, or Repository). A renamed field shows a badge with its original name, which links to that field.
Description The field's description.

The Filter the result box narrows the list, the paging buttons (10, 25, 50, 100) set the rows per page, and the tab headers count the fields (All (46), Selected (4) in the example). Close the dialog with Confirm (keep it open), Confirm and close, or Close.

Save

Confirm and close only closes the column dialog: the configuration is stored when you click Save or Save and close. While changes are unsaved, the footer's Close turns into Cancel. Then select the configuration on the Display result tab of a Log View or the Customize Columns tab of a Monitor View.

Next Steps