Using Page Toolbar

[Using IFS Enterprise Explorer Clients] [Working in IFS Enterprise Explorer Pages] [To Working in IFS Enterprise Explorer Pages]

Explanation

The Page Toolbar contains a number of buttons you use when working in an IFS Application page.

Prerequisites

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System Effects

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Window

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Related Window Descriptions

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Procedure

• Using the Page Toolbar
• Positioning the Page Toolbar
• Highlighting Page Toolbar buttons

Using the Page Toolbar

Figure 1: Using page tool bar

The following buttons are available:

Note: The action you chose will be used for the page/object you have open in your work area, it is not used for the context panels, e.g. Attachment Panel etc. Read more about Working in IFS Application Pages

		Search: Opens the Search dialog box where you enter your search criteria to find the information you require. The Search drop-down list also contains Previous Search, Saved Searches and Populate-
		Save: Saves your data to the database. The Save drop-down list contains Save as Template and  Save as draft.
		New: Prepares a page for a new record. The New drop-down list also contains Duplicate, New from Template and Drafts.
		Delete: Prepares a record to be deleted. Use Save to complete the removal from the database.
		List of Values: Use this when creating or modifying a record. Place the cursor in a field which has related basic data. By using List of Values, a dialog box containing all available values will open up.  E.g. to enter an account, click  List of Values in the Account Group field and all available account groups will be displayed.
		Zoom: Opens the basic data page relevant to the field you are working in. E.g. when entering a customer order and you want to change/create customer basic data, you can use Zoom in the Customer No field to open up the Customer page.
		Context Menu: Opens the touch-friendly context menu. It has the same contents as the context menu you open via right mouse button.
		Chart Mode: Presents the data in the page in a chart. Read more in Using Chart Mode.
		Notes: Creates a note on the object you are working with. Read more in Using Sticky Notes
		Information Card. The button is enabled if there is an Information Card configured for the page. Via the drop-down menu there are two options: Show. Displays or hides the information card for current page Configure. This is where you configure which fields you want to display in your information card. In the dialog you selected fields and add title and empty lines. Read more in Configure Information Card. The settings are personal and stored in your user profile. Note that it's usually the System Administrator who pre-defines which fields that are available to choose from.

Positioning the Page Toolbar

Via the Context menu you can change the position of the tool bar to have it on the right hand side or left hand side of the work area.

Figure 2: Page Toolbar Context menu

Highlighting Page Toolbar buttons

Via the context menu option Highlight Enabled Items you can select to highlight the enabled buttons, see example below:

Figure 3: Example highlighted toolbar buttons