Validation Update: New Design & Actions and Export of Results

Let’s start with no. 1 of a series of plugin updates. This update focused on improving the workflow with the validation results.

🎨 Layout Changes

We refined the layout of the validation view to use the limited space in the plugin more efficiently and so that it makes more sense.

• Bar chart instead of pie chart
  We replaced the pie chart which saves us a lot of vertical space so that there is more place for the actual results in the table.

• New Button placement

  The button to change the elements for the validation is now next to the number of validated elements where it makes more sense.

• Sorted results
  The specifications and properties are now sorted alphanumerically so you can navigate more easily through the results.

• Number of elements per issue

  Behind each property there is now a number that indicates how many elements of the specification are affected by this issue.

• Unclassified elements are listed

  Unfold the row “Unclassified elements” in the results table to see all the associated elements.

🔨 New Actions & Features

• Bar actions
  You can click now on the bars - the big one on the top but also the small one for each specification - to get a menu of actions for the associated elements:
  

  

  • Focus: Selects and zooms to the elements so you can find them more easily

  • Select: You can choose now between selecting the element, narrowing the selection down, and adding and removing the elements from the selection

  • Visibility: You can choose now between isolating, hiding & showing the elements.

• Export results to Excel

  To communicate the results of the validation, export a report as Excel file. All the elements will be listed with a status, percentage of valid properties and a table where the property values are listed or marked as missing or invalid.