Data Selector Preferences
Selecting the Data Selector item on the left panel displays the page for setting preferences that control the behavior of the Data Selector tool.
Query Preferences
Select the Auto Query option to have the Data Selector automatically run queries when first displaying a data type tab or when making any change that requires data to be re-read from the data source. Consider deselecting this option when using the Data Selector to browse data sources that contain a large quantity of data. Click the query icon to retrieve data when the auto query option is deselected.
The Limit number of rows setting provides protection when browsing data sources that contain large numbers of data items. This setting is used as the default row limit for the individual data type tabs in the Data Selector. This setting establishes an upper bound on the number of rows that returned by query and displayed in the Data Selector. This can protect you against running queries that return far more rows than you are interested in browsing. Enter zero for the row limit or blank out the value entirely to display all rows without imposing a limit.
Coordinate and Unit Preferences
Selecting the Use desktop coordinate system option causes the Data Selector to attempt conversion of all spatial data to the coordinate system selected in the Coordinate System desktop preferences. This option has no effect if coordinate system preference has not also been set. This option is provided to enable coordinate conversion to be easily turned off in the Data Selector without having to remove your desktop coordinate system selection.
Selecting the Use desktop unit system option causes the Data Selector to attempt conversion of all measurement data to the units selected in the Coordinate System desktop preferences. This option has no effect if unit preferences have not also been set. This option is provided to enable unit conversion to be easily turned off in the Data Selector without having to remove your desktop unit selections.
Do Not Show Dialog Preferences
The Do not show the "No row selected" dialog again option is used to restore display of the No row-selected warning dialog if the Do not show this dialog again option was checked the last time the dialog appeared. Uncheck this option if you would like to have the warnings displayed.