MTS Fracture Analyzer - Manual (Page 64)

Description Item Number
Filters by your selected filter criteria and sorts in ascending or descending
order. If a filter for a column is currently active, the filter icon appears
blue. Filter and Sort
Icons for Columns 3
Filter
Shows the properties for the variable currently selected in the variables
table. Selected variable 4
Shows the properties for the currently selected variable. Properties 5
7.2.1.0 Editing Properties for Multiple Variables
You can select multiple variables in the Variables tab and change a parameter for the selected variables.
Only the changed parameter is applied to the selected variables.
In general, you cannot edit read-only variables, which include the System and Specimen groups. However,
for both System and Specimen variables, you can edit the Display Name, Availability options, and Format
options. If the variable is a Specimen variable, you can additionally edit the Unit and Default Option.
Use the far-left blank column to select multiple variable rows. You can click with the Ctrl or Shift keys.
You cannot edit calculations for multiple selected variables.
7.2.2.0 Variable Categories
The Variable categories organize variables based on functionality or user preference. Every test has two
predefined categories, Specimen and System. These categories contain predefined variables. You cannot
add variables to these categories or change the names of these categories. The default setting is to hide the
Specimen and System variables. To view them, click the Show Read-Only Variables button.
When you create new variables, they are added, by default, to a category called Variables. You can create
additional categories and assign user-defined variables to them.
You are not required to create additional categories for variables. However, categories can help differentiate
variables by type or by usage. For example, you may want to create one category that pertains to command
variables and another that pertains to data acquisition variables.
Variable selection windows also show variables by category groups.
64 MTS TestSuite™ Fracture Analyzer User Guide
7.0 Variable Analysis