# Customizing the Surgery Tab

Note : The Surgery tab will only be visible if your site is configured to use the tab, if you have the correct access permissions, and Surgery patch SR*3.0*100 is installed.

You can limit the surgery cases that appear on the Surgery tab. You can specify that only surgery cases from a specific date or date range appear on the tab, or you can specify that all available surgery cases appear.

To limit the surgery cases displayed to a specific date range, follow these step s:

1. Select the Surgery tab.

2. Select View | Custom View .

The List Selected Cases dialog box appears.

3. Select a start date by selecting in the appropriate field and doing one of the following:

o entering a date (e.g. 6/21/01 or June 21, 2001).

o entering a date formula (e.g. t-200).

o pressing the button to bring up a calendar.

4. Select stop date by selecting in the appropriate field and doing one of the following:

o entering a date (e.g. 6/21/01 or June 21, 2001).

o entering a date formula (e.g. t-200).

o pressing the button to bring up a calendar.

5. Enter the maximum number of occurrences you would like to display in the Max Number to Return field.

6. Select a surgery case sort order (ascending or descending).

7. Select a category to group the surgery cases by (from the Group By drop-down list).

8. Select a case report sort order (ascending or descending).

9. Select a category to sort case reports by (from the Sort By drop-down list).

10. Select OK .

The appropriate surgery cases will appear in the details pane.

11. Select the "+" sign to expand a heading (if necessary).

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Surgery Tab

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