Properties of the Status Messages view

The properties of the Status Messages view appear, if you do one of the following:

If the Properties view is already displayed: Click anywhere into the Status Messages view area (but avoid clicking on a Tree view item)
If the Properties view has not been opened yet: Right-click into the Status Messages view area to open its shortcut menu, then select Properties. The Properties view appears.

Use the Status Messages view properties to change the display options.

Data Retrieval category

Update rate: Specifies the time between updates of the view with entries from the database.

Retrieve data by: The Data Retrieval category further contains the settings that let you select how many database items are displayed at most. Use the Retrieve data by setting to select the limitation type for the display. Further settings depend on the selected limitation type. See the table for possible limitation types and corresponding settings.

Limitation Type	Corresponding Setting(s)	Possible Values
Items	Max. number of items	Integer numbers.
Time Span	Time span	Drop-down list of values between half an hour and one week.
Custom Time	Start time and End time	Date (selectable from a calendar control) and editable time values.