User Parameters

This screen allows you to maintain the parameters available for a specific user.

Once created, you can assign these to a user using the Users screen.

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

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  User parameters maintenance

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.