Organisation Parameters

From CTLTMS

This screen allows you to maintain the parameters available against an organisation.

Once created, you can assign these to an organisation using the Organisation screen.

Warning Warning: This is a system administrator function - if you change the settings here, this will affect all users of the system.



You can query data by and/or choose to display data as follows:

  • Code.
  • Icon.
  • Label.
  • Description.
  • Long Description.
  • Group Code.
  • Category Code.
  • Required.
  • Sequence.
  • Multiple.
  • Display.
  • Display Type.
  • ValueType.
  • Values.
  • Values Desc.
  • Value Source.
  • Active.
  • Created By.
  • Created Date.
  • Last Updated By.
  • Last Updated Date.
  • Last Active Change By.
  • Last Active Change Date.
  • Last Process Id.
  • Update Counter.


The following actions are available on the Details panel:

  • New - create a new record.
  • Save - save a new record or changes to an existing record.
  • Delete - delete an existing record.
  • Help - help on this screen.
  • Undo - undo change made since last save.
  • Clear - clear all fields.
  • Toggle - toggle display of all accordion headers.


You can change or add the following:

  • Code - the parameter code, which must be unique.
  • Icon - the icon displayed when the parameter is used. This can be selected from a drop-down list of available icons.
  • Label - the short label, displayed when selecting a parameter.
  • Description - additional descriptive help.
  • Long Description - additional descriptive help.
  • Group Code - a drop-down list of groups. When screens display these parameters, this settings groups parameters together under a banner. You can maintain parameter groups in the Parameter Group screen.
  • Category Code - categorization of the parameter. You can maintain parameter categories in the Parameter Category screen. Values are typically: EPOD Parameters; Finance Parameters; General Parameters; Order Parameters; Portal Parameters.
  • Required - a check-box controlling whether the parameter is required entry.
  • Sequence - the sequence in which the parameter is displayed.
  • Multiple - a check box controlling whether you can select the parameter multiple times and have multiple values for the same parameter.
  • Display - a check box controlling whether the parameter is displayed to the user.
  • Display Type - the type of entry the screen uses for the parameter. Values are: DropDownList; TextBox.
  • ValueType - the basic validation. Values are: String; Integer.
  • Values - the values that will be stored for a drop-down list. There must be the same number of values as descriptions (below).
  • Values Desc - the descriptions displayed against the values in a drop-down list. There must be the same number of values as descriptions (above).
  • Value Source - if you want to source data from the database for drop-down lists, you can add the query here.