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title: "MDE Display"
slug: "manual-data-entry-mde-display"
updated: 2024-01-31T14:37:11Z
published: 2024-01-31T14:37:11Z
canonical: "kb.dataparc.com/manual-data-entry-mde-display"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://kb.dataparc.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# MDE Display

### Right-Click Menu

The right-click menu changes depending on what part of the display is clicked on. Clicking on an MDE tag’s cell will display the entire right-click menu.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/59db2ca4-e512-446a-a143-a7c626447812/Images/Documentation/image068.png)

**Delete Record:** Deletes a record.

**Add/Edit Comment:** Adds a comment to the cell. Cells will comments will have a colored indicator. To enter a comment for multiple cells at once, multi-select a range of comments by click and dragging, then enter a comment.

**Clear Comment:** Delete the entered comment.

**Configure Limits:** Allows the user to configure limits for the MDE tag. An admin password is required and the [Tag Limits](/v1/docs/tag-limits) window will open.

**Show Trend:** Displays a trend of the tag.

**Set as Bad Quality:** Set the MDE value to bad quality.

**Set as Good Quality:** Set the MDE value to good quality.

**Assign Cause:** Opens [Assign Cause](/v1/docs/assign-cause) window.

**Show Record Audit:** To view the history for the data, right-click on the anywhere on the desired row and click on Show Audit. This will open a new window with the history of the data on that row.

**Show Tag Audit:** Shows a history of changes made to the tag for that timestamp.

**Refresh All Cells Seed Data:** Reloads all data from the seed tags.

**Lock Tag Cells:** Prevents edits to all tags in that row for that timestamp.

**Unlock Tag Cells:** Allow edits to locked tags.

**Sort:**Sorts the MDE display by either Ascending or Descending order based on the values of the column. The sort can also be removed.

**Make Other Columns This Wide:** Makes all Tag columns the same width as the current column.

**Configure:** Opens the [MDE Configuration](/v1/docs/mde-configuration) page.

### Alerts

**Required Value:** A border around a cell indicates that it is missing a required value. The MDE will be unable to save the entry until the value is entered. By default this border is red.

**Pencil:** Indicates that new data has not yet been stored.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/59db2ca4-e512-446a-a143-a7c626447812/Images/Documentation/image070_001.jpg)