Defining Column Formatting in the Table Editor

Column Information dialog.

First, it may be useful to give your column a custom name. By default a name displayed for the header of each column will be constructed using the path, ancestry, parameter, etc. – various details about where the number came from. This can sometimes be hard to read – entering your own custom labels may make the output easier to read.

You can also choose to hide a column altogether, this is useful if a column only serves an intermediate step in a formula calculation. When generated, a table will not display “hidden” columns, but the numbers in those can still be referenced by formulas in “showing” columns.

Finally, you can “hold” a value by choosing not to iterate it. This is done by checking the “Define as Control” button.

Additionally, each column can be assigned special formatting flags which will change text/background color and/or font style. Notice below the icons in the Population column – which correspond to the options of heatmap, S.D., or a pre-defined range.

Here is how the output of the above table looks: leftmost column is heat-mapped, SD-formatted column changes text style based on the cell values difference from the mean in this column, and the range styling uses icons to show if our values is in/above/below range:

For more information about the Table Editor:

Table Column Information

Ribbons and Tabs

Adding Table Columns

Batching in the Table Editor

Table Iteration Options

Menus for a generated table

Tables in Layouts

Table Editor Export Options

Plots in the Table Editor

Heat Maps & Conditional Formatting

Table Editor Preferences

Statistics in the Table Editor

Time Series Plot in the Table Editor

Keywords and Tables