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Conference award::copis_users

Title:	COPIS VAXination Users Conference
Notice:	Please use conference ORCHRD::FMAP_USERS - see note 1.1
Moderator:	ORCHRD::KIPNES

Created:	Wed Jul 13 1988
Last Modified:	Fri May 18 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri May 02 1997
Number of topics:	171
Total number of notes:	402

12.0. "DISPLAY_ISSUE" by CINEMX::MORRISSETTE (PETE MORRISSETTE DTN 269-2057) Fri Sep 16 1988 12:03

    MENU:  AM
    SCREEN:  PA1
    
   ** WHEN IN PLANNING GROUP FIELD, NOTE AT BOTTOM DOES NOT SPECIFY THAT
    THE DEFAULT IS "ALL".  I BELIEVE THIS IS TRUE IN ALL THE OTHER SCREENS.
    
   ** IN THE AGGREGATION SCREENS, ONCE AN INQUIRY HAS BEEN DONE, TO DO
    AN ADDITIONAL INQUIRY, THE ENTIRE SCREEN MUST BE CLEARED, WOULD
    BE MORE EFFICIENT AND USER FRIENDLY TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO OVERWRITE
    A FIELD. (IE, CHANGE 6210 TO RA80 BUT HAVE THE SAME PAREMETERS IN
    THE OTHER FIELDS.
    
   ** WHEN RUNNING A REPORT, WE GOT MULTIPLE SCREENS WITH THE ANSWERS.
      HOWEVER, WITH SEVEN SCREENS, EACH PAGE HAD ONLY LINE ITEM.  WOULD
    BE MORE EFFICIENT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW ALL ON ONE PAGE - AS WELL AS
    HAVING A "TOTAL" - ADDING ALL THE LINE ITEMS.
    
    ALSO, WHEN REQUESTING AGGREGATION INFORMATION, IE, REQUESTING 6210,
    THE RESPONSE IN THE REPORTS ARE AT THE VARIATION LEVEL AND NO SUMMARY
    OF THE PRODUCT AGGREGATION.
                                                              
    
    THIS TESTING WAS PERFORMED BY PETE MORRISSETTE AND CAROL DAIGNEAULT.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
12.1	Changing the message / Explanation of the Aggregate Screens	CINEMX::COPDEV61		`Wed Sep 21 1988 14:17`	32
	The message for planning groups will be changed to indicate that leaving the field blank will result in all planning groups being retrieved. There is a way to capture your query criteria and 'reuse' it. It involves an advanced feature of RALLY called macros. Your keystrokes are captured into a file and you may reuse them. For details, refer to the RALLY Application User's Guide or RALLY System User's Guide. You may also create a user-defined aggregate so that you issue 1 query for an entire set of aggregates and 2-5-2 parts. There may be some confusion regarding the aggregate screens. For backlog, shipments, certs, and inventory, the information is displayed at a summary level with grand totals displayed below the query criteria. For ship plan and OTD, information may be displayed at a summary or detail level. On some screens, up to 10 'passes' of data may be displayed. Each member appears on a separate page in this case since the number of passes displayed may vary. Grand totals are not displayed on the ship plan detail screens but are directly below the query criteria on OTD screens. You may look at Release 1.1 to see updated versions of the forms. Karen Underkofler DTN 250-2286 If you have specific business needs, please leave a note for Harry Garabedian. He will see that the request is forwarded. t
12.2	Another voice from the peanut gallery.	CINEMX::MORRISON	WILLIAM MORRISON DTN 223-4284	`Wed Oct 19 1988 11:29`	12
	I don't think that Pete's answer was sufficient. It seems a pity that the user needs to learn a new language to extract data, when that data was so easily extracted using the menu driven format of the old 10 system. I agree with Pete that once an inquiry has been done that it is extremely time consuming to go back and clear the screen for the next entry whether it is a successful inquiry or not. A user must remember that if it is not a successful entry that they must go back out of that screen and start all over again. Again, a waste of valuable time. It may not be much of a chore for a systems oriented person, but for a USER, trying to do his or her job, it becomes very anoying. When can the user be trained on using MACROS as part of the FAP training?