Inquiry Screens

This code identifies the inquiry type used to parameterize the screens. Several screens can correspond to a given inquiry type.

This code, that identifies the screen associated with the inquiry or the screen, is entered in the record header that enables the definition of the transaction. Upon execution of the transactions and inquiries, the list of the codes that can be accessed by the user is displayed, if the entry into a default transaction has not been forced.

Select this check box to activate the current record.

Disabled records keep their content and setup but cannot be used by recalling their code:

• On other records such as documents and settings
• On mass processes

The authorizations for a given function can prohibit the creation of an active record. In this case, the check box is disabled by default. It can only be modified by an authorized user or through a signature workflow.

When this field is not empty, the inquiry screen or the movement entry transaction is only accessible to enter data if the current user has been granted execution rights on this code. Moreover the modification (respectively viewing) of the characteristics of the transaction is only possible if the current user has been granted modification (respectively for the inquiry) rights on the code.

Use this value during the definition of inquiry or transaction screens in order to specify the maximum number of lines than can be viewed or entered simultaneously. In inquiry screens, use the Next page button to view the next lines.

The maximum value for the number of displayed lines is 9999.

When automated entry screens are created (transaction or inquiry), this parameter is used to define a number of fixed columns that do not be scroll when the screen is not sufficiently wide to view all the columns.

This indicator defines the fashion in which the representation of the data will be made in the screen. The possibilities offered are as follows :

• Character:  the data is uniquely represented un the form of a grid.
• Char or Graph: the data are presented in the form of one or to modes. The default mode is determined by the field Default display defined in the graphical parameters of the record.
• Char and Graph: the data is presented in the both modes simultaneously. The graphical position  with respect to the grid is determined by the field Position for the Graph tab.
• Graph: the data is uniquely presented in the form of a graph.

Used to organize the relationship between the character and the graphic, when the presentation mode for the data allows both. According to the case :

• if the representation is Char or Graph, the default value is chosen for the representation.
• If the representation is Char and Graph, the position of the graph is given with respect to the data grid.

This field is used once there is more than one numeric value in the grid that is likely to be presented in a graphical form. It can take one of two values :

• Single graph : in this case, only one column of values is displayed at a time (a selector is used to make to choice)/
• Multi-graph : in this case, all the columns are displayed, combined according to the parameter defined by the parameter Representation.

When several series are presented in the graph (provided that the presentation of all the series is identical and is not by sector type), it is possible to specify how the series values are combined in the display, by entering the following value :

• Multi is used to present the values of each series side by side (one color by series)
• Cumulative is used to present the values in a vertical total.
• Comparative is used to present them in a relative comparison (the height of the graph is constant).

Defines the graphical representation used for the data to be presented (from the choices Bars, Lines, Area, Sectors). An image is displayed as a function of the choice made illustrating the type of presentation obtained.

If only one series of values is available, the graphical representation is by default fixed by this parameter.

If several series of values are presented, it is possible to mix the presentation modes (one series in the form of bars, another in the form of lines for example). In this case, each series of values is represented as a function of the field Representation located in the grid of fields :

• if it is Bar or Line, this representation mode is used for the series of values concerned if it is compatible with the default graphical representation (it is not possible to mix sectors with bars or lines).
• if it is Default, the default graphical representation for the series is used.

When used, if the representation of the series is homogenous (that is there is only one series in the graph), there is a graph type selector for the user to select a different mode of presentation.

Title for the fields likely to be displayed in the inquiry.

When the transaction is generated, the fields are proposed in the increasing order of the ranks entered in this grid. A null rank means that the field is not present.

In the parameterization function, the fields are presented in the order of the entered ranks each time the transaction is reread, with the null rank fields being placed at the bottom of the grid.

This field can only be entered if the representation mode selected in the header is not Character. It is used to specify the fashion in which the graphical representation will be used.

It can take the following values:

• None or Label if the line field is of the type alphanumeric. The field using the value Label will be used as the graph title. Warning, only a line in the grid can take this value ; if it is already present on a line, it will be necessary to first modify the value of the line carrying the value Label in order to return the value None before being able to assign this value to another line in the grid.
• None, Value or Default if the field is of the type numeric. The rule is as follows :
• None signifies that the field will never be presented in the graph.
• If the graph defined in the last tab is used to make several series appear, all the series corresponding to the fields marked Default will be displayed (provided they haven't already).
• if the graph in the last tab is not used to make a series appear, the column corresponding to the first field marked Default will be displayed (this will be the first if none has been declared before).

This field can only be entered :

• if the representation method chosen in the header is not Character.
• on the numeric fields where a value will be displayed.

It is used to manage the graph combinations if the graphic type defined in the graphical parameters is used to make several series appear, independently of different types (it is ignored in other cases). In practice, the usable combinations are as follows :

• Type = Multi graph, Default graph=Lines, Representation=Multi
• Type = Multi graph, Default graph=Bars, Representation=Multi

The rule is as follows :

• Default signifies that the graphical presentation of the series corresponds to the default graph of the last tab (Bars, or Lines in this case).
• Bar or Line is used to force the corresponding presentation method in question.

Image explaining the information previously entered.