Drop-down lists

You can view the drop-down lists in Pirform by clicking Drop-down List Manager from the Home Screen.

The drop-down list manager in Pirform

Adding and removing drop-down list items

There are two section in the drop-down list manager. You can adjust the items in the first section, User Defined Lookups.

To add an item to a list, click Add in the ribbon and enter the value you want add.

The Pirform ribbon showing the button that adds a value to a drop-down list

After you have added the item, you can move it to the position in the list using the Move Up and Move Down buttons.

The Pirform ribbon showing the button that adds moves value down in a drop-down list

To remove an item, select it and click Delete in the ribbon.

Note

After you finish adding the values, you need to close and re-open Pirform to see the new values in your certificates.

The restart to view changes dialog

Resetting drop-down lists

You can reset all your changes to the drop-down lists by opening Pirform Options and clicking Reset Lookups in the General section.

The button in Pirform settings that resets the drop-down list values

Entering values directly

You can enter installation extent, overall installation condition, and report purpose values directly in EICRs. The following image shows an EICR with a value that isn't in the drop-down list for Installation Extent:

A drop-down list showing a value that was loaded from the cert

If you want to enter a value that isn't in the drop-down list manager, just type the value and press ENTER or TAB to save the value.

A drop-down list showing a directly entered value

The value and the previous value will remain in the list until you close and re-open the cert.