Using Local Selection Mode

Global selection mode is the default selection mode. To switch to local selection mode, follow these steps:

To switch to Local Selection Mode

  1. Activate a plot window.
  2. On the Edit menu, click Selection Mode.
    -or-
    Right-click in the plot window to display the popup context menu and then click Selection Mode.
    -or-
    Press SHIFT+F10 to display the popup context menu and then click Selection Mode.

    (If you have a need to switch to local selection mode using a data table, you must use the Edit menu technique.)

    IML Studio will display the Selection Mode dialog box.

  3. In the Selection Mode dialog box, select Local selection mode.
  4. Use the option buttons Selector View and Observer View to configure the plot's role in local selection mode.
  5. If you configured the plot to be an observer view, use the option buttons Union and Intersection to indicate whether you want the plot to display the union or the intersection of the selections made in the selector views.
  6. Click OK.

When you switch a view to local selection mode, all other views of the data will also switch to local selection mode. Initially, all the other views will be configured as selector views.

While operating in local selection mode, each plot displays an icon in the upper left-hand corner to provide a visual indication of the role the plot is performing. The icons are as follows:

Images\Selector.gif The plot is a selector view.

Images\ViewUnion.gif The plot is an observer view in the union scheme.

Images\ViewIntersection.gif The plot is an observer view in the intersection scheme.

You can change a view's role at any time.

To change a view's role in Local Selection Mode

  1. Activate the window of the plot whose role you want to change.
  2. On the Edit menu, click Selection Mode.
    -or-
    Right-click in the plot window to display the popup context menu and then click Selection Mode.
    -or-
    Press SHIFT+F10 to display the popup context menu and then click Selection Mode.

    (If you want to change the role of a data table, you must use the Edit menu technique.)

    IML Studio will display the Selection Mode dialog box.

  3. In the Selection Mode dialog box, set the option buttons that are appropriate for the view's new role.

    You can change a selector view into an observer view, and vice versa. You can also change the scheme of an observer view from union to intersection, and vice versa.

  4. Click OK.

If you change a selector view into an observer view, the view will immediately begin displaying the appropriate selection state. If you change an observer view into a selector view, the view will initially display the union of the selections made in the other selector views. To clear this selection and make a new one, click once in the Graph Area to deselect all observations in the view and then select the desired observations.

If you want to return to global selection mode, you may do so at any time.

To return to Global Selection Mode

  1. Activate a plot window.
  2. On the Edit menu, click Selection Mode.
    -or-
    Right-click in the plot window to display the popup context menu and then click Selection Mode.
    -or-
    Press SHIFT+F10 to display the popup context menu and then click Selection Mode.

    (If you have a need to return to global selection mode using a data table, you must use the Edit menu technique.)

    IML Studio will display the Selection Mode dialog box.

  3. In the Selection Mode dialog box, select Global selection mode.
  4. Click OK.

When you return to global selection mode, all views initially display the union of the selections made in local selection mode.