The left side of the Main Toolbar contains all the top-level command menus. When no Omniscope data file is loaded, the Main Toolbar displays only these command menus and the Welcome Screen.

File menu: importing/refreshing, saving, exporting and printing data, maps and image sets.

Data menu: managing data columns (fields) and values within categories, adding new columns & rows and changing data orientation (de-pivot and re-pivot).

Tab menu: enable auto-refresh, change languages, set details display options, define links, image sets and web services related to the file.

Layout menu: create, modify and navigate Report pages.

Toolbars menu: modify aspects of the workspace or current Report page.

Settings menu: add branding and modify/simplify most aspects of the colouring, look and feel of the file.

Help menu: create file-specific help screen, access learning resources, send bug reports/suggestions, check for updates and licensing status (if these services are not working, consult the KnowledgeBase section on Proxy Settings).

Complete documentation of all the commands on these menus can be accessed from the Commands Reference page or by following the links above.

Add View menu:

Reset - Omniscope files contain flat tables of structured data organised into records (rows) and fields (columns). Navigating an Omniscope file usually involves either setting Side Bar filters, or Selecting plus either Move or Keep operations to focus on only a certain data subset. The Reset button removes all of the filtering criteria you may have expressed, and returns the current display views to show all the records in the Filtered IN universe. It is very important to always Reset your data before filtering, so that all qualifying records will be considered in your subsequent query. Unless you configure them otherwise, tabs remember their queries/data subsets, so if you want a Report Page to open showing all the data, make sure to Reset all the filters and commit the changes before you save the file. Note: On the Side Bar filter devices it is possible to reset each filter individually, and if a Side Bar filter device is set to Freeze, that filter's settings will survive a global Reset.

Deselect - Removes all records from the Selected data subset and greys-out the option to do Move or Keep operations on selected records. Omniscope power query filtering directly on views (as opposed to Side Bar filtering) involves 4 basic mouse operations: Select (or Deselect), followed by Move or Keep, and then perhaps a Reset. Every view provides ways of selecting one or more records using just the mouse. In most views, you can also Deselect by clicking again on one or more of the selected areas or groups of records. It is not necessary to use this global Deselect on the Main Toolbar unless you wish to clear all selections made simultaneously.