Open Popups

Open Popups finds a Warehouse table, a Lake table or a transformation and opens it as a popup window over your page. Use it when you want to look at or edit something without leaving where you are.

Open the picker

You reach the picker from Open Popups, the item at the bottom of the sidebar, or with Alt+Q. It appears only if you can read or change Lake tables.

1. Press Alt+Q, or click Open Popups in the sidebar.
2. Type part of a name in the search box, or browse the columns.
3. Click the table or transformation you want.

Press Alt+Q again to close the picker without opening anything.

The picker has three columns: Warehouse, Lake and Transformations. They share one search box, and on a narrow window the columns stack.

In the Dashboard's Playground view, the Popups card opens the same picker. See The Dashboard.

Search and browse the columns

• The search box shows Search tables or transformations.... Warehouse tables match by name or logical model, Lake tables by name, and transformations by name.
• The search clears when you close the picker, so each opening starts with the full list.
• The Lake column groups tables by their datasource, with a count beside each group name. Click a group to open or close it.
• Next to the Lake column's name, a switch changes the ordering. In Type order, groups sit under their source type, such as Amazon S3; in A-Z order, the datasources are listed alphabetically with no source-type headers. The picker remembers your choice.
• While a column loads it shows Loading.... A datasource with no imported tables shows No imported tables yet; an empty column shows No Lake tables or No transformations; and a search with no matches shows No Lake tables match your search or No transformations match your search.
• If a name cannot be resolved, it shows as Unknown table.

The Warehouse column has its own guide: Pick tables in the resource picker.

Open a table or transformation

• Click a row to open the object. A Warehouse table opens in its own window, a Lake table in its staging window, and a transformation in its editor.
• If the object already has an open window, the picker brings that window forward instead of opening a second one.
• The picker takes one pick per opening, so a quick double click cannot open two windows.
• When another part of DataMind OS opens a table for you, the table is found by name and opens in the same kind of popup window.

The windows themselves work like every popup window: see Popup windows for moving, resizing and closing one.

Select several objects

When a screen opens the picker to collect a selection, the rows carry checkboxes and a footer counts your selection.

• Click a row to tick it, or use the checkbox beside a datasource group to tick every table in that group.
• The Source button selects the whole datasource.
• The footer shows 3 selected, or Nothing selected when nothing is ticked. Each column header shows your picks over the column's total, for example 3/12.
• Clear empties the selection. Confirm with Tag objects, which shows your count, for example Tag objects (3); the picker closes and hands your selection to the screen that opened it.
• When the selection limit is reached, the remaining rows become inactive.

Who can use Open Popups

• Open Popups and Alt+Q work when you can read or change Lake tables. Without that permission, the item is not in the sidebar and the shortcut does nothing.
• Each column shows only the objects you may see. Without access to Warehouse objects, the Warehouse column stays empty instead of showing an error.

Questions, answered

Why is the Warehouse column empty?

The column lists only the objects you are allowed to see. Without access to Warehouse objects it stays empty instead of showing an error. If you expect tables there, ask your administrator to add Warehouse access to one of your roles. See Roles and permissions.

Why is Open Popups missing from my sidebar?

The item appears only when you can read or change Lake tables, and Alt+Q works only then. If you need it, ask your administrator. See Find your way around for how the sidebar hides the items your roles do not allow.

I cannot find a table in the picker. What can I do?

Type part of its name in the search box. If it still does not show up, your account may not be allowed to see it, in which case ask your administrator about your roles.

Why did clicking a table not open a new window?

That table already had a window. The picker brings the existing window forward instead of opening a second one for the same object.

Does the search cover all three columns?

Yes. One search box filters Warehouse, Lake and Transformations at once, and every column narrows as you type.

What do the checkboxes in the picker do?

They build a selection for the picker to hand back to the screen that opened it. Tick rows one by one, or use a group's checkbox for every table in that group; the footer counts what you have picked. Tag objects ({N}) confirms the selection, and Clear empties it first if you change your mind.

Why is Tag objects greyed out?

Nothing is selected yet. Tick at least one row and the button turns active, showing your count, for example Tag objects (3).

Why is the search box empty every time I open the picker?

The search clears when the picker closes, so every opening starts with the full list.

What changes when I switch the Lake column between Type and A-Z?

It changes how the Lake column orders its datasource groups. In Type order, groups sit under their source type, such as Amazon S3; in A-Z order, the datasources are listed alphabetically with no source-type headers. The picker remembers your choice.