How to Change Portal's look

[seckinb]

hello

I wonder how to change the way of portal look like.

 

it is horizontal, and i want it to be vertical.,

search in inspector, there was no clue.

 

like in excel, i want to enter data from left to right in my portal tool.

 

thanks

[LaRetta]

Hi Seckinb,

 

Databases are not spreadsheets and there is no native way to create cross tabs or pivots.  If you wish columns for data entry, it would work best to use a layout based upon the portal.  You can also stack portals side-by-side to replicate columns.  The first portal would be specified as rows 1-5, second 6-10 etc.

 

The purpose of records/rows is to allow unlimited growth of multiple records.  If you stack portals horizontally, you will need to modify schema if the number of records increases.  Limited attributes should be horizontal; records should be vertical.

 

Can you explain your situation where this is required?  We might be able to suggest approaches. :-)