All button function on CURRENT search options, not latest search.
Search options:
The "Variables to be displayed on hits" selection is a list of variables that are displayed in the
resulting table when a search has been executed, variables can be moved from this list to the
"Variables not to display" list to prevent these variables from being fetched from the database when
conducting a search. This enables the user to customize the return table and thus speeding up the serach
and making the hits more easily read, this does NOT affect the saving to file function or any other
function.
All the searches work based on range inputs; if a field is left empty the search algorithm completely
ignores that variable when selecting the list of hits, if only a max or a min is entered, there is only
one boundary that is taken into account. If a search is conducted yielding a certain amount of meteors
and then the search parameters are changed, if the save to file function is run, the amount of meteors
WILL be different because the save function fetches CURRENT search parameters, so does the select all function.
If NO search criteria were given the search will only fetch data according to MJD and only sort the current
page according to the given sorting variable.
Selection:
Selections:
The selection is a set of meteors that have been selected from a particular search. This allows
the user to select meteors from several different searches and then use this selection to ether create
a file for download or transfer the selection to the graph tool.
The "Displayed variables" selection is the variables to be shown in the selection list, this enables
the user to distinguish meteor events from each other by other means then the unique MJD which is mandatory.
The "Available variables" selection is a list of available variables that can be transferred to the
"Displayed variables" selection.
Functions:
The "Store" function utilizes cookies to store the array of selected meteors and their
associated displayed variables.
The "Refresh" function fetches the last stored list and updates the associated string if the "displayed
variables" list has been changed.
The "Clear" function clears all stored lists of MJD's and associated string from the cookie file.
The "Select all" function selects all hits based on current search parameters and adds them with the
appropriate displayed variables to the selection, this function does not store the selection to session.
Save to file:
The save to file functions all create csv files that are encoded (default can be changed) with a ',' to separate columns and
a ';' to separate rows.
General options:
Here all general options that apply to all graph types can be changed and the generated graph can also
be opened in a new window to allow the user to save the graph without replacing it when a new graph is generated.
Selection of meteors:
The selection of meteors list is a list that is loaded from a stored cookie that has been created
on the search page. Meteor events are transferred from this list to the serie-lists to generate graphs.
The number of series are modified in the series menu and additional lists and buttons are generated when
the number of series are modified.
If a amount of meteors have been transferred to a serie and the number of series are modified all
meteors within that list are transferred back to the selection list.
Series:
Here the number of series in the graph can be modified. When the number of series are modified new selections
in the Selection options menu are modified and the same occurs with the variables options for color, name and
alpha.
