{"id":4254,"date":"2015-11-06T12:09:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T04:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/help\/?page_id=4254"},"modified":"2026-08-13T22:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T14:33:08","slug":"using-the-page-controls","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/using-the-page-controls\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the Page Controls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- ROW 1 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"cards\">\n<div id=\"explorer\" class=\"card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/using-the-page-controls\/comments\/\"> <span class=\"card-title2\">Comments<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-desc2\">How to use the commentary features to make notes and collaborate with others.<\/span> <\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"explorer\" class=\"card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/using-the-page-controls\/charts\/\"> <span class=\"card-title2\">Charts<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-desc2\">How the chart, pie chart, bullet graph, performance curve, and treemap display information on your page.<\/span> <\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"explorer\" class=\"card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/using-the-page-controls\/formatting-text\/\"> <span class=\"card-title2\">Formatting Text<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-desc2\">How to format text in comments, knowledge management, and case descriptions.<\/span> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ROW 2 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"cards\">\n<div id=\"explorer\" class=\"card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/using-the-page-controls\/using-data-tables\/\"> <span class=\"card-title2\">Data Tables<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-desc2\">How to use the interactive data table. <\/span> <\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"explorer\" class=\"card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/using-the-page-controls\/using-an-embedded-trend\/\"> <span class=\"card-title2\">Using the Embedded Trend<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-desc2\">How to add data to an embedded trend on a Page.<\/span> <\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"explorer\" class=\"card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/using-the-page-controls\/navigation-hierarchies-entities\/\"> <span class=\"card-title2\">Navigation, Hierarchies &amp; Entities<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-desc2\">How to use breadcrumbs, hyperlinks, entity selectors, hierarchies, and hierarchy pickers. <\/span> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ROW 3 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"cards\">\n<div id=\"explorer\" class=\"card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/using-the-page-controls\/using-labels\/\"> <span class=\"card-title2\">Labels<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-desc2\">How to use data labels and text labels.<\/span> <\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"explorer\" class=\"card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/using-the-page-controls\/writing-values\/\"> <span class=\"card-title2\">Writing Values<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-desc2\">How to write tag values back to the database.<\/span> <\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"explorer\" class=\"card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/using-the-page-controls\/using-the-info-button\/\"> <span class=\"card-title2\">Using the Info Button<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-desc2\">See how to use the Info Button to share contextual information for an area of your page.<\/span> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ROW 4 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"cards\">\n<div id=\"explorer\" class=\"card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/using-the-page-controls\/selecting-items\/\"> <span class=\"card-title2\">Selecting Items &amp; Using Selection Lists<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-desc2\">How to use selection lists, combo boxes, and other list devices.<\/span> <\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"explorer\" class=\"card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/using-the-page-controls\/using-the-process-controls\/\"> <span class=\"card-title2\">Process Control Shapes<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-desc2\">Interpreting the gauge, temperature meter, pressure meter and level meter to identify abnormalities in operational process.<\/span> <\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"explorer\" class=\"card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/using-the-page-controls\/meter-tank\/\"> <span class=\"card-title2\">Using the Tank or Meter<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-desc2\">How to interact with the Tank and Meter shapes.<\/span> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ROW 5 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"cards\">\n<div id=\"explorer\" class=\"card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/using-the-page-controls\/targets\/\"> <span class=\"card-title2\">Targets<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-desc2\">Understanding IFS OI Explorer's statistical components: target bars, target labels and target variance bars.<\/span> <\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"explorer\" class=\"card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/using-the-page-controls\/using-the-status-displays\/\"> <span class=\"card-title2\">Using the Status Displays<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-desc2\">Identifying a value's status from a status tile or a status indicator.<\/span> <\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"explorer\" class=\"card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/using-the-page-controls\/using-time-pickers\/\"> <span class=\"card-title2\">Time Pickers<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-desc2\">How to use the different date and time pickers that may be present on a page.<\/span> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ROW 6 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"cards\">\n<div id=\"explorer\" class=\"card\"><a 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