As stated in the Data Tables article, the Data Tables Configuration interface has three main functions: Data Table Creation, Data Table Definition, and Data Table Population. After navigating to the System Administration tab and clicking the Data Tables icon (), the user can complete one, or multiple, of these actions.

Data Table Creation

To create a new data table, the user can follow these steps:

1. First, click the "Create New" button on the Data Table Configuration interface to trigger the appearance of the Create New interface.
2. Then, fill out the necessary and desired fields. The Name and Year fields are required.
3. Finally, click the “Create” button at the bottom of the interface after all desired fields have a value. 

Data Table Definition

This functionality is covered by the three internal tabs in the interface: Data Table Information, Required Items, and Attributes.

Data Table Information Tab

The Data Table Information tab is used to edit the general information of the selected data table. Users can click into the available fields to edit the information on this tab.

Required Items Tab

The Required Items tab allows the user to define from where required item data should be retrieved. Required items are items that must be defined for all data tables. To add required item details, the user must follow these steps:

1. Fill out the available fields.

2. Click the “Save Changes” button at the bottom of the interface.

Attributes Tab

The Attributes tab is used to define the attributes that can be found in the data table. This tab has its own internal tabs which accomplish this: Events, Parent/Child Events, and Derived Events.

Add Data Item

In order to add an "Events," Parent/Child, or Derived data item, users must follow the steps below.

1. Click the “Add New Row” link to add a blank row, or select the checkbox located to the left of a data item and click the “Copy Selected Rows” link to copy an existing row.
2. Fill out the available parameters.
3. After adding the desired data items, click the “Save Changes” button at the bottom of the interface.

Delete Data Item

If a user wishes to delete a data item from any of the three internal tabs, they can follow these steps:

1. Select the checkbox located in the first column of each desired item or use the checkbox in the table header to select all data items for deletion.
2. After selecting the desired items, click the “Delete All Selected” hyperlink to permanently delete the items from the data table definition.

Data Table Population

Once the user has configured all the desired Inventory data items, they can populate the data table by clicking the static "Populate Data Table" button. After the populate process is complete, the button will change to display the message, "Refresh Data Table." At any point, the user can reload the data in the table with the latest updates by clicking the "Refresh Data Table" button.

This population process only adds data items that are complete (i.e., all required fields have values on the data table). The "Attributes Complete Message/Count" will appear below the Attributes tab's table to display the number of data items that are complete, and it will appear in the data table after the populate/refresh process.