How to Use WPS Field Management on Windows

Use WPS Field Management through 7 how-to topics, all available from the top toolbar after opening the field management panel; 7 items are available without membership and 0 are membership-related.

How-to Index

How-to Guide

1. Open the Field Management panel

Entry path: Top toolbar → Field Management

1. Open the multidimensional table you want to maintain.
2. Click Field Management on the top toolbar.
3. Wait for the field management panel to open.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The field management panel is visible.
• What you can do next: You can continue to review, search, or adjust fields.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: If no multidimensional table is open, the related entry may not appear.

2. View all fields in the current table

Entry path: Field Management panel

1. Open the Field Management panel.
2. Review the field list shown in the panel.
3. Check field names and their current order.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: All fields in the current table are listed in the panel.
• What you can do next: You can continue with search, visibility control, or editing for any field.

3. Search for a target field

Entry path: Field Management panel → Search box

1. Open the Field Management panel.
2. Enter a field name keyword in the search box.
3. Review the filtered results and locate the target field.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The field list is narrowed by the keyword.
• What you can do next: You can continue working with the matching field directly.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: A very short keyword may still return several similar fields.

4. Show or hide a field

Entry path: Field Management panel → Eye icon next to the field

1. Open the Field Management panel and locate the target field.
2. Click the eye icon next to that field.
3. Check whether the field visibility changes.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The field visibility state changes.
• What you can do next: You can continue showing or hiding other fields.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: A hidden field is not deleted. Confirm that only its visibility changed.

5. Edit or delete a field

Entry path: Field Management panel → More menu next to the field

1. Open the Field Management panel and find the target field.
2. Click the ··· icon next to the field.
3. Select Edit or Delete from the menu.
4. Follow the on-screen prompts to finish the action.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: Editing opens the field settings view, or deletion removes the field from the list.
• What you can do next: You can continue maintaining other fields.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: Before deleting a field, confirm whether the data in that field is still needed.

6. Drag to reorder fields

Entry path: Field Management panel → Drag handle on the left side of the field

1. Open the Field Management panel.
2. Find the field you want to move.
3. Hold the drag handle on the left side of the field.
4. Drag the field to the target position and release the mouse.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The field order changes in the list.
• What you can do next: You can continue adjusting the table field order as needed.

7. Add a new field

Entry path: Bottom of the Field Management panel → + Add Field

1. Open the Field Management panel.
2. Click + Add Field at the bottom of the panel.
3. Configure the new field as prompted.
4. Confirm that the new field appears in the field list.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: A new field appears in the field list.
• What you can do next: You can edit the new field or move it to a different position.