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Contents_________________________________________
Get Additional SyteLine Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
How to Use This Manual ................................................................................................................. 8
Principles of Successful Learning ............................................................................................. 8
Manual Section Structure........................................................................................................ 10
Feedback ................................................................................................................................ 10
SyteLine Navigation Helps ............................................................................................................ 11
Syteline Shortcut Keys ........................................................................................................... 11
SyteLine's Power Bar .............................................................................................................. 12
Navigation for this Course....................................................................................................... 14
Course Objectives & Prerequisites ................................................................................................ 15
Objectives of This Course ....................................................................................................... 15
Prerequisite Courses............................................................................................................... 15
Note to the Instructor............................................................................................................... 15
Section 1: How to view data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Introduction.................................................................................................................................... 18
Key points .............................................................................................................................. 18
Forms ..................................................................................................................................... 18
Records.................................................................................................................................. 18
Fields...................................................................................................................................... 18
Collections.............................................................................................................................. 18
Using the Master Explorer to find forms ........................................................................................19
Key points .............................................................................................................................. 19
Module and Role Trees.......................................................................................................... 19
Navigation Pane Buttons........................................................................................................ 20
Naviagation Pane Menu......................................................................................................... 20
Using the All Forms folder to find forms ........................................................................................ 21
Key points .............................................................................................................................. 21
Form....................................................................................................................................... 21
Using Select Form to find forms .................................................................................................... 22
Key points .............................................................................................................................. 22
Form & fields .......................................................................................................................... 22
What are the form modes? ............................................................................................................ 23
Key points .............................................................................................................................. 23
Filter mode ............................................................................................................................. 23
Refresh mode......................................................................................................................... 24
New mode .............................................................................................................................. 25
Practice: find forms........................................................................................................................ 26
Using linking features to find forms ............................................................................................... 27
Key points .............................................................................................................................. 27
Linking buttons ....................................................................................................................... 27
Edit menu links....................................................................................................................... 28
Actions menu lists .................................................................................................................. 29
Practice: link to forms .................................................................................................................... 31
What are the form views? .............................................................................................................. 32
Key points .............................................................................................................................. 32
Dual view................................................................................................................................ 32
Detail view.............................................................................................................................. 33
Grid view ................................................................................................................................ 33
Adjusting grid columns .................................................................................................................. 34
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Key Points .............................................................................................................................. 34

Resizing columns ................................................................................................................... 34
Changing the column order.................................................................................................... 34
Hiding columns....................................................................................................................... 35
Practice: adjust grid columns......................................................................................................... 36
Sorting records .............................................................................................................................. 37
Key points .............................................................................................................................. 37
Sort form ................................................................................................................................ 37
Introduction to filtering ................................................................................................................... 39
Using filter in place ........................................................................................................................ 40
Key points .............................................................................................................................. 40
Filter Options.......................................................................................................................... 40
Examples ............................................................................................................................... 40
Starting, running, and clearing filter criteria............................................................................ 40
Procedure............................................................................................................................... 41
Practice: use filter in place............................................................................................................. 42
Using a query ................................................................................................................................ 43
Key points .............................................................................................................................. 43
Procedure............................................................................................................................... 43
Saving a query ....................................................................................................................... 46
Applying a saved query.......................................................................................................... 47
Setting up a filter prompt ........................................................................................................ 47
Pre-defined Queries ...................................................................................................................... 48
Using CurDate ( ) in Queries ......................................................................................................... 49
Practice: use query to filter ............................................................................................................ 50
Printing the current record or collection ......................................................................................... 51
Key Points .............................................................................................................................. 51
Print Preview .......................................................................................................................... 51
Practice: print out record ............................................................................................................... 52
Viewing and printing simple graphs of data ................................................................................... 53
Key points .............................................................................................................................. 53
Procedure............................................................................................................................... 53
Example ................................................................................................................................. 54
Section 2: How to work with the data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Editing data in a collection ............................................................................................................. 56
Adding records .............................................................................................................................. 57
Finding and adding values in a drop-down list field ....................................................................... 58
Key points .............................................................................................................................. 58
Using the Find menu option ................................................................................................... 58
Filtering a drop-down list ........................................................................................................ 59
Using the Add menu option.................................................................................................... 59
Copying records ............................................................................................................................ 60
Checking for errors ........................................................................................................................ 61
Key points .............................................................................................................................. 61
Correcting Errors.................................................................................................................... 61
Deleting records ............................................................................................................................ 62
Deleting a single record ......................................................................................................... 62
Deleting a range of records.................................................................................................... 62
Undoing changes........................................................................................................................... 63
Saving records............................................................................................................................... 64
Saving a single record in your collection................................................................................ 64
Saving all records in your collection....................................................................................... 64
Practice: data entry........................................................................................................................ 65
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Finding and replacing values in a range of records ....................................................................... 66

Key points .............................................................................................................................. 66
Replace .................................................................................................................................. 66
Practice: update a field on a range of records............................................................................... 68
Notes Overview ............................................................................................................................. 69
Key points .............................................................................................................................. 69
Note types .............................................................................................................................. 69
Reusable Notes...................................................................................................................... 70
Internal/External Notes........................................................................................................... 70
Printing Notes on Reports ...................................................................................................... 70
Creating notes for the current record............................................................................................. 71
Creating reusable notes ................................................................................................................ 72
Practice: create notes.................................................................................................................... 73
Printing reports .............................................................................................................................. 74
Key points .............................................................................................................................. 74
Sample form........................................................................................................................... 74
How to define whether you print or save the report ............................................................... 75
Practice: print a report ................................................................................................................... 76
Running activities and utilities ....................................................................................................... 77
Key points .............................................................................................................................. 77
Samples ................................................................................................................................. 77
How to verify the process was successful.............................................................................. 78
Practice: run an activity ................................................................................................................. 80
Exporting a file............................................................................................................................... 81
Key Points .............................................................................................................................. 81
Form & fields .......................................................................................................................... 81
Moving data to and from Excel ...................................................................................................... 82
Key points .............................................................................................................................. 82
Copying an entire collection ................................................................................................... 82
Copying selected records....................................................................................................... 83
Copying selected columns ..................................................................................................... 83
Copying selected cells ........................................................................................................... 84
Notes on copying ................................................................................................................... 85
Pasting from a spreadsheet into a collection grid .................................................................. 86
Practice: export to and from Excel................................................................................................. 89
Section 3: How to set up basic personalizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

How to create a personal menu..................................................................................................... 92
Key points .............................................................................................................................. 92
Procedure............................................................................................................................... 92
Practice: create a personal menu .................................................................................................. 93
How to set up SyteLine to open forms when you login.................................................................. 94
Key points .............................................................................................................................. 94
Procedure............................................................................................................................... 94
Practice: set forms to automatically open ......................................................................................95
How to set up SyteLine to open sets of forms with custom size and positioning .......................... 96
Key points .............................................................................................................................. 96
Procedure............................................................................................................................... 96
Practice: create a workspace ........................................................................................................ 98
How to set cap size on records retreived ...................................................................................... 99
Key points .............................................................................................................................. 99
Settings .................................................................................................................................. 99
How To Setup Up Tabs ...............................................................................................................100
Example ............................................................................................................................... 100
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Turning on Tabbed View ...................................................................................................... 101

Image Tooltip ....................................................................................................................... 101
How to change the mode the form opens in ................................................................................102
Key points ............................................................................................................................ 102
Procedure............................................................................................................................. 102
What are other personalization options? .....................................................................................103
Wrap up: make job aids ...............................................................................................................104
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How to Use This Manual

This manual was written with the intent to guide the student through the four parts of this
standard training model:
1. Introduce the topic.
2. Walk the students through a simplified version of the process or concepts they need to
learn to give them their bearings.
3. Provide the student with exercises that help them discover the topic in depth.
4. Wrap up the topic.
Each part of the training model is important, but the heart of this method revolves around
two learning principles that the student and teacher must keep in mind. These principles
are: (1) We learn how to do a thing by doing it, and (2) we need to learn both the details
and the big picture, both application and concept.
This means the students need to perform detail and big picture activities to learn this
material. Just listening and understanding is not enough. You can read more about what
detailed and big picture activities are in the section on principles for successful learning.
Now, no course can make anyone an expert. But the more the instructor helps the students
through the activities that help them learn, the more the course will help the student down
the road of expertise.
Principles of Successful Learning

The training model above applies learning principles. But is that everything the student and
instructor do to make sure the maximum amount of learning takes place? That's a topic for
a whole book, if not a series. But we can summarize much of that by realizing that learning
is a biological process.
Your Brain Is Not a Computer

Our brain is more like a muscle than a computer. Learning is not something we store in a
file; it's something we grow. Just because we see, hear, or even do something doesn't
mean we'll remember it. We must exercise our learning consistently. If we only work out
during class, we're going to develop our learning like weekend warriors develop their
stamina. Here are a few powerful things you can do grow your learning before and after
class.
BEFORE
Get into SyteLine and become familiar with the areas you will be working in during the
course.
Read SyteLine manual and passages from texts related to the business topics.
Answer and preparation questions your instructor might have given you.
Write up your own questions.
AFTER
Right after class-create quick review & recall notes
Next day-perform detail and big picture activities
Next week-perform detail and big picture activities
Next month-perform detail and big picture activities
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Detail & Big Picture Activities

In each of our classes you perform detail and big picture activities. These activities
constitute a workout. Your learning will grow through these activities, but just as with
muscles, working out once won't produce long-lasting effects. You need to work your neural
paths again. When you perform detail and big picture activities you're working out again.
Not only will these activities reinforce what you've learned, they will often help you
understand more.
Big picture activities help you summarize and see relationships between the details of a
topic. They help you create a pattern to fit information into. Big picture activities include
things like creating mind maps, process flows, relationship diagrams, and outlines.
Detail activities help you understand navigation, specific fields, the effect of various
parameters, and the steps of each business process--they require you to get into the
system. Detail activities include things like setting up a BOM, taking a customer order and
shipping it, running reports, and tracing accounting.
Again, the first post-class workout you will want to perform is clarifying and consolidating
your notes. You will forget. But you can drastically cut the amount you forget and your recall
work by taking 10 minutes to create clear notes.
Learning is Growth
A number of studies have confirmed the idea that learning is a biological growth process
that requires repetition.
RECALL
A number of studies have found that:
Without review, people forget between 46% to 80% of what they've learned within 24
hours
When tested six weeks after a class, students who took a 5-minute review test after
their class recalled one and a half times more than the students who had no review test
immediately after class.
People learn and recall more when they: (1) structure what they've learned in their own
words, (2) recite their learning, and (3) distribute practice over many periods versus
doing it all at once.
BREAKS
Studies have also shown that people recall more if they take breaks every 20-50 minutes.
Psychologists believe that it takes neural traces from about five seconds to 15 minutes to
jell or consolidate. This is how they explain topics becoming clear during a break or
immediately upon returning and why we recall more immediately after a learning period
than at the end of a learning period.
We really do need to let information "sink in."
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Manual Section Structure

This manual applies the learning principles and the training model explained above. Each
major topic should have 3 parts to it--an (1) Introduction, (2) Discovery, and (3) Wrap Up.
Section Part
Definition
Introduction
A presentation or activity to give students the big picture about what

theyre about to learn.
Discovery
Demonstrations
A step-by-step guide through the topic. Usually the instructor guides the
class through each step.
Reference
Explanation of the key concepts, forms, fields, and processes of the
topic. Teachers will draw your attention to key concepts in their
introduction and the guided practice, but they may not cover every item
in these sections.
Exercises
Opportunity for the students to explore and practice. These exercises
are either in the guide or in an accompanying workshop guide.
Wrap Up
An exercise that helps the student structure their knowledge. The wrapups usually take the form of a list of key discussion questions or a mind
map. In both cases, the teacher will lead the class through the wrap up.
A mind map is a method for taking notes that allows you to show
connections between various concepts.
It will be the teacher's responsibility to adapt this manual to each audience by adding or
taking away from what is found.
Feedback
Please send any feedback you have on this guide and course to
KnowledgeZone@Infor.com.
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SyteLine Navigation Helps

Syteline Shortcut Keys
Shortcut Keys
Action
NAVIGATING FORMS
Ctrl + F4
Close current form
Ctrl + o
Open Select Form
Ctrl + w
Open workspaces
Ctrl + TAB
Switch view to next open form
NAVIGATING RECORDS
Ctrl + Home
Move to first editable field of form
TAB
Move to the next field
F8
Move to the next record
Alt + TAB
Move to the previous feld
F7
Move to the previous record
Ctrl + F8
Retrieve next collection of records
Ctrl + 2
Toggle between dual view and form only view
Ctrl + 1
Toggle between dual view and grid only view
F6
Toggle cursor focus between grid and form
EDITING RECORDS
F2
Activate drop down field
Ctrl + n
Add new record rcord
Ctrl + a
Add value for current field
Ctrl + c
Copy
Ctrl + x
Cut
Ctrl + d
Delete record
Ctrl + l
Display details for value in current field
Ctrl + f
Find value for current field
Ctrl + v
Paste
Ctrl + s
Save changes
Ctrl + z
Undo
FILTERING RECORDS
F3
Cancel filter in place and return to
Ctrl + q
Open query form
F5
Refresh all records in the collection

Clear all Filter in Place settings
Ctrl + F5
Refresh only the record selected
Ctrl + F2
Repeat find
F4
Set form in Filter in Place mode / Run Filter in Place to retrieve data
OTHER
F1
Open field level help topic
Ctrl + p
Print
Ctrl + e
Toggle design mode on and off
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SyteLine's Power Bar

Left side
Open a form
Save record
Save record then Close the form
Cancel modifications then Close the form
Add new record
Delete record
Cancel all unsaved modifications in collection then Refresh collection
Cancel unsaved modifications in current record then Refresh current record
Filter in Place
Move to first, previous, next, or last record in collection
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Right side
Find value for highlighted field
Add value to selection for highlighted field
Details for highlighted field
Notes for current record - Empty
Notes for current record - Has notes associated
Export collection to Excel
Open Help about the form
Enter or Exit form design mode
Save form design, regenerate, and open
Go to Queries folder
Go to Activites folder
Go to Utilities folder
Go to Maintenance folder
Go to Files folder
Go to Reports folder
The Help Tip displays in the lower left hand corner of the application (Status bar)
even when your selection is not active.
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Required, System-generated and Read-only Fields

Any field that is required for a window will have a yellow background. A
green background indicates a system-generated field, and a gray
background is read-only.
Standard GUI fields

Check box indicating YES or NO
Radio button to select one option from multiple choices
Drop-down box to select one option from multiple choices
Navigation for this Course

SyteLine groups navigation for data, process, and report forms by business function.
Therefore, you'll minimize the time it takes for you to get your bearings, if you (1) identify
the major functions covered in this course, and (2) identify which data, process, and report
forms are grouped into that function.
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Course Objectives & Prerequisites

Objectives of This Course
After successfully completing this course, the student should be able to:
Find forms
View data
Link from one form to another
Add, update, & delete records
Create notes
Set up preferences
Export and import data to other programs
Prerequisite Courses
This class was developed with the assumption that the student knows the material from the
classes listed below. If a student does not know the information in these classes, he or she
will find this class moves too quickly.
There are no prerequisites for this class.
Note to the Instructor

You are responsible for selecting the topics and activities that meet the needs of your
students. Depending on your class, you may not be able to cover all the material in this
manual in one day. Make sure you talk to your students when planning the class and
carefully select the topics you want to cover.
Make sure you assess the speed of the class half way through and then make any
necessary adjustments so you cover what you and your students have determined has the
highest priority.
The exercises for this class have been designed to generate discussion and student
involvement. Many of the exercises do not have "check" figures. You are to provide that
feedback by doing the exercises along with the students. Then they can check their
answers against yours.
We caution you not to substitute lectures and presentations for the exercises. Students will
learn the most while doing the exercises. A good time ratio for lecture to student work is
30%:70%.
Consider using the review exercises found in the appendix as part of your end of class wrap
up.
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Section 1: How to view data ___________________
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Section 1: How to view data
Introduction
Key points
When working with SyteLine, you will be working with: Forms, Records, Fields, and
Collections. Because of this, youll need to know how each works.
Forms
Almost everything you do in SyteLine happens through the interface of a form. A form is a
window through which you work with the data in the SyteLine database. Looking up
information, entering new information, and generating reports are typical interactions.
For example, when you enter a purchase order, youll enter it via a form. When you want
to check on the status of a purchase order, youll open the same form. However, when you
want to record the receipt of items on a purchase order, youll open a different form.
So the very first thing to learn is how to find the form that will allow you to do what you want
to do.
There are four ways to find and open forms in SyteLine:
Search for the form using the Master Explorer module or role trees
Search for the form using All Forms folder of the Master Explorer
Search for the form using Select Form
Use linking features
Youll learn how to use each of these methods in this section.
Records
Everything you do in a form relates to one or more records in the database. A record is a
group of related pieces of data or information.
For example, a record for item SPX-90 would contain all of the information related to that
item. A record for customer order 1001 contains all the information for that specific order.
A record for employee Mary Salazar contains all the information for that employee.
Fields
Every record is made up of a number of fields. Each field displays a particular bit of
information thats part of the record.
For example, the record of a journal entry would include fields for the account number, the
amount charged to the account, whether the amount is a credit or a debit, the transaction
date, etc. The record of an item would fields for items SKU, description, unit of measure,
cost type, etc.
Collections
Forms can display many records. A group of related records is called a collection. With
many forms, it is possible to view collections of all available records. But, in practice, you
typically work with a specific subset of records in a particular collection.
For example, you can open the customer order form to see all orders related to a specific
customer, or all the customers in a specific area, or all the customers with a particular
status. Each one of these is a collection of customer orders.
In this section, youll learn how to retrieve collections from the database that match your
specific criteria.
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Using the Master Explorer to find forms

Key points
Notice that the Master Explorer is set up like Windows Explorer. Clicking on folders in the
left pane will show their contents in the right pane.
In the right pane, double clicking folders or pressing Enter will open the highlighted folder.
The same actions will open a highlighted form.
If you ever close the Explorer and want to open it again, select View \ Explorer.
The Explorer has two panes. Use the top (Tree) pane to expand folders and open forms.
Click the buttons in the lower (Buttons) pane to display different trees in the current folder
level. You can customize the Explorer buttons and tree view to show only certain modules,
and you can customize which buttons display, and in what order.
Explorer folders include an image, to make it easier to recognize certain types of forms. You
can customize these images.
You can use the right-click menu to add shortcuts to forms in appropriate Explorer folders.
You can specify parameters and descriptions for the shortcuts. For example, you can
define parameters that filter the form data when opening the form by the shortcut. If you
define a description for a shortcut, then that description displays as a tooltip when you
hover over the shortcut in the Explorer.
You can also use the right-click menu to add workspace shortcuts in an appropriate
Explorer folder. You can define a name and description for the shortcut.
Module and Role Trees
The master explorer groups the forms in two different ways: one is by module, the other is
by role. Both views contain ALL of the same forms and can be expanded as a tree.
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Navigation Pane Buttons
The bottom of the navigation pane is to provide buttions that represent folders found in the
currently selected folder. By clicking on the button, the user will view the explorer object tree
defined for that folder.
Naviagation Pane Menu
Users can also alter the list of buttons on the navigation pane via its options.
A system administrator can remove or hide folders and subfolders for individuals
or groups of individuals, so two users may see different things in their master
explorer trees.
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Using the All Forms folder to find forms

Key points
Part of the Master Explorer is the All Forms folder. It contain exactly what it says. If you dont
know where the form is in the module/process folder structure, you can simply click on this
folder, then begin typing the name of the form in the right pane.
Form
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Using Select Form to find forms

Key points
This tool works much like the All Forms folder but gives you more flexibility.
Form & fields
Form \ Open
Select by Name Instead of Caption?

You can select whether you want to use the name (name of the form used in the code) or
the caption (the name you see on the top left of each form). In almost all cases the only
difference is that the name is hungarianized. However, some form like Scheduling Shifts
(caption) have a different name.
To find out the name of a form, highlight that form in the Explorer, then select
Edit \ Properties.
Place cursor in the top part of the form and begin typing the form youre looking for. You
can use the arrow keys to move up and down. Press the Enter key or double click the name
to open the form.
Filter
If you dont know the forms exact name but know a word it contains, you can use the filter
fields and button to display only those forms that have that term in them.
After using the filter, if you want to return all the forms again, simply delete all values from
the All Containing field and click the Filter button.
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What are the form modes?

Key points
SyteLine forms have three modes:
Filter--enter filter criteria
Refresh--view and modify data
New--enter a new record
You must be in Refresh mode to enter or update records. Your system administrator can
set a form to open by default in any one of these three modes.
Filter mode
Master Explorere \ Material \ Product Definition \ Current Operations

You know youre in filter mode when all the fields are blank.Youll learn about how to filter
in a later.
You CANNOT do anything in this mode but enter filter criteria.
If youre in filter mode and want to get to refresh mode simply run the filter (with
our without filter criteria) by pressing the F4 key or selecting Actions \ Filter \
Begin In Place.
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Refresh mode

You know youre in this mode when you see data in the fields on both the form and grid
view. Youll also see required fields highlighted in yellow.
You CAN add, update, or delete when youre in refresh mode.
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New mode

New mode looks a lot like refresh mode, however, you can tell youre in new mode by
looking at the left column of the grid for the current record. There will be a "n" on the new
record. Youll see a "m" for records youve modified and a "d" for those youve selected to
be deleted.
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Practice: find forms

Try to use all three methods --Master Explorer, All Forms folder, and the Select Form
feature--to you find the forms below.
1. Find these forms:
Order Shipping.
Purchase Orders.
Job Orders.
Invoices.
2. Whats the business area you usually work in? Open that folder and note the various
forms found there.
3. Whats an process or report you often run? Find the form for it.
4. Look at the listing of Shortcut Keys and Hotbar buttons in the preface. Identify those
you could use to perform the tasks learned in this section.
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Using linking features to find forms

Key points
When youre on a form, you may have one or more these features that will let you link to
other related forms:
Buttons linking to another form
Edit menu links
List displays under the Action menu
Linking buttons
If you click on the Stock Loc button on the Items form, the system will open the Item
Stockroom Locations form. Notice the caption says "Linked." This means the originating
drives the data displayed in the linked form. If you select another record in the originating
form, the linked form will update to show only data associated with that record.
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Edit menu links

Many forms have fields that use values you set up on another form. For example, the Items
form uses unit of measures. You set up unit of measures on another form. But you can link
to that form to find a specific unit of measure, add a new one, or see the details of the one
currently in the field. If you add or find, when you close the form, the system will ask you if
you want to use that record for the orginating record as shown below.
Edit \ Find Value, Add Value, or Details for Current field
You can also select these edit values by right-clicking on a field supported by
values maintained in another form.
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Actions menu lists

Sometimes you want to see data associated with the current record on the form. Many
forms have lists that show such data under the Actions menu.
For example, if you want to see the BOM of the current record in the Items form, select
Actions \ List BOM
Actions menu
Actions \ List Routing BOM
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Sample Listing form
Some of the list forms look like other forms that exist in the system, but are read only.
Sometimes they open up a linked form like linking buttons do.
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Practice: link to forms

1. Find the purchase orders form.
2. Select the List Receipts option from on the Actions menu.
3. Link to the purchase order lines.
4. View the vendor for any line using the Details for Current Field function.
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What are the form views?

Key points
All of the master record forms have two views:
Grid (right side, 2nd splitter pane)
Detail (left side, 1st splitter pane)
All the fields shown in the detail view, except for those contained in a sub-grid, are
displayed in the grid view. The grid view, however, does not contain the button founds on
the form view. Anything you enter in one view is entered in the other view.
You can toggle between the views by selecting the Hide/Show splitter pane options in the
View menu.
Dual view
This is the default view of a form and shows both the grid and detail view.
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Detail view
Select Hide/Show 1st Splitter Pane from the View menu to toggle to and from the detail
view.
Grid view
Select Hide/Show 2nd Splitter Pane from the View menu to toggle to and from the grid view.
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Adjusting grid columns

Key Points
You can make these adjustments to the columns in the grid:
Resize column width
Change the column order
Hide column
If you have rights, the system will save these settings for you when you close the form.
Resizing columns
To resize columns, hover over the right border of the column heading. Your arrow will
change as shown in the screen shot. When it does, click and drag the column margin to
make it wider or more narrow.
Changing the column order

To change the column order:
1. Open the Edit Grid Column Visibility and Order form by right-clicking on the left-most
column in the grid which displays the record row numbers and selecting Edit Grid
Columns.
2. Select the column you want to move. You can select multiple columns using the CTRL
key. You can select a range of columns using the SHIFT. Press and hold the desired
key while using your mouse to select the columns.
3. Use the Up and Down buttons to change the order in which the column(s) will appear.
4. Click the OK button
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Hiding columns
To hide columns:
1. Open the Edit Grid Column Visibility and Order form by right-clicking on the left-most
column in the grid which displays the record row numbers and selecting Edit Grid
Columns.
2. Deselect the Visible checkbox of the column you want to hide. You can use the Show
All and Hide All buttons to select and deselect all the checkboxes.
3. Click the OK button.
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Practice: adjust grid columns

1. Open the Planning Detail form.
2. Switch it to grid view.
3. Hide the Select field column.
4. Move the Exception Message field column so it appears as the sixth column.
5. If the form is in Filter mode, press the F4 key to retrieve data.
6. Resize the Item, Date, & Projected On Hand columns to fit the data.
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Sorting records
Key points
There are two ways to sort:
If youre in grid view, double-click the column heading to sort in ascending order.
Double-click again to sort in descending order.
In either grid or detail view, use the Sort form.
Sort form
Edit menu \ Sort Collection
Collection
The form you want to sort
By Property
The field you want to sort on
Descending
Select to sort in descending order; deselect to sort in ascending order.
Please note: some fields that appear to be numeric (for example, Account) might actually
be character-based. Thus, they would use text-character sort order. In text-character
(ascending) order:
Character strings are generally sorted from left to right. That is, the first character
(furthest left) is evaluated, then the second, and so on.
A blank field comes before any other character. Thus, any blank fields always display
first.
Special characters might come before numerals, between numerals and letters, or after
letters. Thus, #222 comes before 222, but @201 comes after 222.
Numerals display in correct numeric order, regardless of size.
Numerals display before alphabetic characters.
Upper-case characters display before lower-case characters. Thus, XL-64 comes

before xl-64.
For example, if you attempt an ascending sort by account number, the following accounts
would be sorted in this order:
1. (blank field)
2. #222
3. 222
4. 2220
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5. @201
6. XL-64
7. xl-64
Case-sensitive
When selected, records are sorted in ascending order so that records that begin with
uppercase letters display before records that begin with lowercase letters. When cleared,
the sorting routine ignores capitalization.
For example, suppose you have three records for customers, whose business names are
Electronic Commerce, Ltd., eMall, Inc., and Endzone. If you select this check box, they
would be sorted as follows (in normal, ascending, order):
Electronic Commerce, Ltd.
Endzone
eMall, Inc.
If you clear this check box, they would be sorted as follows:
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Electronic Commerce, Ltd.
eMall, Inc.
Endzone
Introduction to filtering
SyteLine is built on three levels: the database, middleware, and presentation layer.
You copy (this is often called "refresh" or "retrieve") data from the database and hold it in
the form (what you do with that data will not affect the data in the database until you save).
You probably dont want to refresh all of the records associated with a given form. SyteLine
does have a setting that lets you specify how many records you can copy at any one time;
its a cap you can specify in the Options menu. However, that only affects the number of
records youll copy. What about the nature of the records you want to work with? SyteLine
provides two ways to filter the data so you can retrieve exactly what you want:
Filter in place
Query
Once you have the data, you can sort it by any field.
If you dont like the changes youve made to the data, you can re-copy the data from the
database, overwriting your changes, using the refresh features.
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Using filter in place

Key points
When you activate Filter-in-Place, any collection currently associated with the form is
cleared and fields on the form become blank. You can then specify filter criteria in the fields
and retrieve a collection of records that meet those criteria.
Records matching your criteria are displayed in the form. If no records meet the criteria, the
form is placed in New mode. If you leave all fields blank, the system retrieves all records
up to the current cap on data records because the collection is unfiltered.
The number of records retrieved is limited to the current cap on data records.
Filter-in-Place does not support the logical operators AND and OR. If you need
to specify multiple criteria for one field, use the query form associated with your
form.
Filter Options
Use these operators on as many fields as you wish to define your filter:
Wildcard: * (you can change this default value)
Greater than: >
Less than: <
Not equal to: <>
Not equal to null: <>null
You can filter for deselected checkboxes by first selecting the checkbox and
then deselecting it. Until you select the checkbox in filter mode, the system does
not recognize checkbox filter criteria.
Examples
Suppose you want to find all vendors whose ZIP code begins with 432. On your vendorinformation form, specify "432*" in the ZIP code field. The system retrieves a collection of
records for vendors with ZIP codes such as 43215 and 43206.
Suppose you want to find each vendor whose ZIP code is less than 43215. In the ZIP code
field, specify "< 43215." The retrieved collection consists of records for vendors with ZIP
codes such as 21075, 10292, and 02101.
Suppose that you want to retrieve onliy records that have data in a specific field. You would
type in "<>null".
Starting, running, and clearing filter criteria
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To...
Use this..
By pressing this key...
Get to the filter view
Begin in place
F4
Run the filter
Execute in place
F4
Cancel a filter youre building and go

back to the previous collection
Cancel in place
F3
Clear all the current filter criteria while

in filter view
Clear in place
F5
Procedure
1. Open a form.
2. Activate Filter-in-Place mode by any of the following means:
Press F4.
Click on the toolbar filter button.
On the Actions menu, point to Filter. Then click Begin in Place.
3. Enter a value in one or more fields to specify criteria for the records you want to
retrieve.
4. Execute Filter-in-Place by performing one of the following actions:
Press F4 again.
Click on the toolbar filter button.
On the Actions menu, point to Filter. Then click Execute in Place.
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Practice: use filter in place

Review the listing of Shortcut Keys and Hotbar buttons in the preface. Identify those you
could use to perform the tasks learned in this section.
1. Open the Item Stockroom Locations form and start filter in place.
2. Type FA* in the item field. Execute filter in place.
a. How many entries were returned? _____________
b. How many FA-10000 records were found? ______
c.
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Specify how many were specifically for Main. _____
Using a query
Key points
Most forms have a corresponding query form. Use queries for more complex filtering. If you
want to use the query filter over and over, save it before you click OK and return the dataset.
Procedure
1. With a form open, on the Actions menu, point to Filter, and click By Query. Or right-click
outside a field, point to Filter, and click By Query. Or press CTRL+Q. (In forms that are
not associated with a query form, the By Query menu command is unavailable.)
2. Specify any primary criteria for your search.
3. Specify any additional criteria.
4. Click Refresh to preview the search results.
5. Click OK to return all records found in the search to the main form.
How to select primary criteria

On the Primary Criteria tab on a query form, you can specify query criteria for the principal
fields in the form to which the query form is related. For example, in a form used to maintain
information about customers, primary fields might include customer identification number
and customer name. The tab on the related query form provides criteria-specification boxes
for the principal fields. The same fields are also listed on the Additional Criteria tab; query
criteria for the fields can be specified on both tabs.
Primary criteria consist of an operator for a field on which you wish to filter data and a value
for the field. Suppose you wish to retrieve all records that contain "accounts payable" in the
Description field. In the example below, the operator for the Description field is like. The
value *accounts payable* restricts records to those containing "accounts payable" in the
field. (The wildcard character "*" matches all characters.) Because no value is specified for
the Name field, the field can contain any value. The query returns records containing
"Accounts Payable Group" and "MGR - Accounts Payable Group" in the Description field.
Primary criteria are joined by AND. That is, records are retrieved from the database only if
they meet all the criteria.
To specify primary criteria
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1. In a query form, select the Primary Criteria tab.

2. For a field on which you wish to filter, select an operator.
3. Enter a value for the field.
You can use the wildcard to match unspecified characters.
You can enter the Null keyword to find records containing a null value in the
field; the operator must be Equal (=). To find records in which the field is not
null, use the Null keyword with the Not Equal (<>) operator.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 if you wish to filter on more than one field.
5. Click Refresh to preview the results in the Results pane.
How to select secondary criteria
On the Additional Criteria tab of a query form, you can specify criteria for any of the fields
on the primary form. The tab includes fields that are listed on the Primary Criteria tab. You
do not have to specify primary criteria before you specify additional criteria.
Query criteria are made up of query clauses. A query clause consists of a field name, an
operator, and a value. For example, to retrieve records for vendors located in New York,
you would create a clause similar to State = 'NY , where "State" is a field name on the
primary form in which vendors are defined in your system; "=" is an operator specifying
identity; and "NY" is the code value assigned to New York in your system.
You can create multiple clauses and join them by AND or OR. Clauses joined by AND
retrieve only those records that meet the criteria specified in each of the clauses. Clauses
joined by OR retrieve records that meet any one of the criteria.
To specify additional criteria
1. In a query form, select the Additional Criteria tab.
2. In the first drop-down box, select a field on which you want to filter.
3. In the second drop-down box, select an operator.
4. In the third drop-down box, enter a value.
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You can use the wildcard character to match unspecified characters.
You can enter the Null keyword to find records containing a null value in the
field; the operator must be Equal (=). To find records in which the field is not
null, use the Null keyword with the Not Equal (<>) operator.
5. Specify whether to join the current query clause with any previous clause by AND or
OR. To use OR, select the check box OR instead of AND with previous clause. To use
AND, clear the check box.
If the current clause is the first clause you have specified in the query form,
accept the default AND.
If you specified primary criteria, be sure to select AND or OR according to how

you want to join the current clause with the primary criteria.
6. Click Add. The clause is added to the list at the foot of the form. The letter N may appear
between the operator and the value in the clause, indicating that the system is using
Unicode (double-byte) character codes.
7. Repeat steps 2-6 for each additional clause. To remove a clause, select it in the list and
click Remove.
8. You can preview records retrieved by the query or you can return the retrieved records
to the parent form.
To preview records, click Refresh. Records appear in the Results grid.
To return the records to the parent form, click OK.
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Saving a query
Applying filters that have generated desired results can save time and give results to
FAQ's. This will work on all Query Forms and Ctrl + Q queries.
Actions Menu + Filter + Save

Whether you use Ctrl + Q or the <Form name>Query Form you can save the Filter Criteria
with an assigned name to use at a later date.
Primary Criteria - A first pass using one line of filtering criteria-Main or key criteria, like
customer.
Additional Criteria - You may add multiple statements here with "And" or "Or"
modifiers to build a more complex query. Used to narrow the criteria.
You must use the "Refresh" button each time you add a filter line to submit the
query to the database. Otherwise, just clicking Add will not refresh the data; it
will just put the statement in the filter window. Remember, SyteLine 7 is
stateless (disconnected). To return the result set to the parent form, click OK.
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Applying a saved query
Actions Menu + Filter + Apply Saved Filter

Navigating to the query form is the first step. Then you can select your saved filter from
Actions + Filter + Apply Saved Filter
Setting up a filter prompt

To set up a filter that prompts you for the value, save a filter with a "?"" in the field you want
to be prompted for as shown below.
When you apply this saved query, the system will simply prompt you for the value.
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Pre-defined Queries
SyteLine provide the user with default queries for some forms. The queries are found in the
Actions menu. They can be modified, just as any saved query can be, by opening up the
appropriate query from, opening the saved query by selecting "Open" in the Filter option in
the Actions menu, making changes, and then saving the query.
Form
Menu Item
CO Lines
Filter Due Next 7 Days
CO Blanket Line Releases
PO Lines
PO Blanket Line Releases
Filter Past Due
PO Requisition Lines
A/P Transaction Detail
A/R Transaction Detail
Estimate Lines
Filter Current and Future Estimates
Job Orders
Filter to Start Next 7 Days
Job Operations
Projects
Project Tasks
Filter Past Due
Estimate Jobs
Filter Current and Future Estimates
Estimate Operations
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Using CurDate ( ) in Queries
CURDATE( ) stands for "current system date" and is a Filter option that can be used with
query forms. It must be used in ALL CAPS. The argument inside the parentheses specifies
the number of days before or after the current system date.
For example, a query with both of the CURDATE statements below would be filtering for
orders with due dates inside the range starting on the current system date and ending
seven days in the future.
AND DueDate > CURDATE(-1)
AND DueDate < CURDATE(8)
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Practice: use query to filter

Review the listing of Shortcut Keys and Hotbar buttons in the preface. Identify those you
could use to perform the tasks learned in this section.
1. Open the Item Stockroom Locations form. Set in refresh mode.
2. Select Ctrl + Q. (or Actions + Filter + By Query)
3. Build the query:
Primary Tab
a. Whse = Main/Item like BK*/Rank <3
How many objects were returned? ______
How many records did the BK-27000-0003 have? _______
Which records had an on hand quantity? ________
Additional Criteria
b. AND QTY ON HAND < 10
How many records are there now? ______
4. Save the query. Give it any name you like.

5. Click the Cancel button on the Query form.
6. Use the saved query to filter the data on the Item Stockroom Locations form.
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Printing the current record or collection

Key Points
You can print the data in your forms without a special report by using the following
commands under the Form menu:
Print
Print Preview--Display a preview of the record or collection you want to print.

Information from the current record or the current collection is printed in the columns
Print Setup--Identify default settings for the current printer.
Print Preview
Form + Print Preview

Print preview allows the user to print the current form's record or record set depending on
the "type" you choose:
Collection Properties - Prints the entire record set stored on the client. Default is 200
records. You may select all fields from the form or click the fields individually to either
select or deselect that field from the printout.
Current Field Data - Prints only the active record on the form. You will see the ">>" if
you are looking at the grid.
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Practice: print out record

1. Go to the Purchase Order Lines form.
2. Select Print Preview from the Forms menu.
3. Take a look at but do not print the Collection Properties. This would print too much info
for this exercise.
4. Instead select Current Field Data. Choose the appropriate fields and print this page.
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Viewing and printing simple graphs of data

Key points
When you have a form in refresh mode, you can create simple graphs of one value and one
label by using Actions>Graph
Procedure
1. Open a form.
2. Put it in refresh mode.
3. Select Actions>Graph,
4. Select the value to be graphed.
5. Click Next
6. Select the label to appear on the graph.
7. Click Next (clicking Done would exit you out of the graph feature); youll see the graph.
8. Use the fields to change the dispaly. When youre finished, click Done.
Type
Select the type of graph to display, including bar graphs, line graphs, graphs with threedimensional effects, and so on. If you do not know what type of graph you want, select
different types from the list and evaluate them. Click the Refresh button to redraw the
graph.
Scroll By and Reset Scrolling button

Specify the number of horizontal sections displayed at one time for the current graph. Each
section displays information from one record. To change the display, enter a new number
and click Reset Scrolling.
Print Graph button

Click to Print. If you use a color printer, the online colors are preserved in the print. If you
use a black-and-white printer, the online colors become various shades of gray.
Previous/Next button
Use these buttons to move back and forth between the steps of creating the graph. For
example, after viewing a graph of one value, you can click previous to change label or
value, then click Next to create the graph.
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<<Previous & Next>> buttons

Use these buttons to scroll back and forth on the current graph.
Done button
Close the graph feature.
Example
For example, suppose you wanted to see a graph of on-hand quantities by item. You would
follow the steps below.
1. Navigate to Item Stockroom Locations.
2. Make sure form is in refresh mode.
3. Select Actions>Graph.
4. First select On Hand (QtyOnHand).
5. Click Next.
6. For the Label, select Item.
7. Click Next to return the graph. (Do not click Done, which will return you to the
application without showing the graph.)
8. Double-click the body of the graph and select Options + Reset to defaults.
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Section 2: How to work with the data
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Editing data in a collection

When you open a form and retrieve records, youre actually copying data from the SyteLine
database to your desktop. For example, you may copy item records, or bill of material
records, or customer orders. The data copied is called a "collection."
When you edit the collection by updating, adding, or marking records for deletion, you are
only editing the data in the collection on your desktop, not the SyteLine database. Only
when you save the collection does the system update the SyteLine database with all your
changes.
Because the collection is a copy of the data, you can edit, add, or mark multiple records for
deletion--you do not have to save after every change you make. While youre editing the
collection, the system keeps track of all the changes and marks each record with the types
of changes made using the indicators shown below. The indicators show up in the row
labels seen in the grid mode.
Row Label
Indicator
Description
The record is already saved in the database and is the current (selected) record
in the collection. In a multiview form, this is the record that displays in the detail
view.
If there is no indicator, the record is already saved in the database and is not
the current (selected) record in the collection.
(n)
The record is new and contains no validation errors. It has not yet been saved.
(m)
he record has been modified and contains no validation errors. It has not yet
been saved. A modification is considered to occur whenever there is a change
to a value in any field.
(d)
The record has been marked for deletion. The record will be removed from the
database when you save the record or the collection containing it.
(e)
The record is new, has been modified, or has been marked for deletion, and
contains at least one validation error. The letter e is added to the row label when
you navigate away from the record, receive a validation error message
concerning the record, and do not correct the error. When you subsequently try
to save the record, or the entire collection containing the record, the system
repeats the validation error message, and you cannot save it until the error has
been corrected.
This indicates the empty row that always displays after the last record in a
collection. You can click this row to insert a new record.
Below is an example of row label indicators.
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Adding records
When in the Refresh mode (and only in the Refresh mode), you can add a new record in
either form or grid view by clicking the New button or selecting the New option in the
Actions menu or pressing CTRL+N. The color of the field tells you whether its required,
optional, or real-only.
Color
Explanation
Yellow
Required
Green
Required, but if you leave it blank the system will generate it for you
White
Optional
Gray
Read Only
Remember that when you add a record, you have only added it to the collection displaying
in the form on your desktop. To add it to the SyteLine database, you must save the
record(s).
In green fields, you can use the question mark (?) to tell the system to generate
the value using a prefix you supply.
For example, the customer ID field on new customer records is green, meaning
its required but that the system will generate it for you if you dont supply the
value. If you enter "JB?" in that field, the system will expand the ID to use all the
characters in the field and increment the number. The first time you enter this
and save, the system will generate JB00001 as the customer ID. The next time
you enter "JB?", the system will increment and generate JB00002 as the
customer ID.
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Finding and adding values in a drop-down list field

Key points
Some drop-down list fields have hundreds of possible values. We do not recommend you
scroll through the possibilities. Instead use one of the following options to find or add the
value you desire:
Find menu option
Drop-down list filter
Add menu option

The system uses two basic drop-down list types: business-data lists and option
lists. The Find and Add menu options are ONLY available on business-data
drop-down lists.
Business-data lists are generated from records you maintain in another form.
For example, you will maintain all your items records in the Items form. When
you add an item record to that form, it will appear as a drop-down list option in
the item fields on other forms.
Option lists are built-in to the system, rather than being created and stored in the
database. You cannot usually change the options in these lists, and they usually
provide only a few options.
Using the Find menu option
Edit>Find or CTRL+F or Right-click+Find or select Find toolbar button

When you select Find, the system will bring up the query form for the form supporting the
field.
1. Enter query criteria.
2. Click the Refresh button to see the values it will return.
3. Highlight the value you want to return to the field.
4. Click the OK button to return the value to the drop-down.
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Filtering a drop-down list
There are two ways to filter on a drop down field:
Use the first few characters to narrow down the possible values, then click the dropdown arrow.
Enter filter criteria using the wild card character, then click the drop-down arrow.
For example if you enter "f" in a drop-down field for Item ID and click the drop-down arrow,
the system will display the item records starting with those that begin with "f".
On the other hand, if you enter "*f*" and click the drop-down arrow, the system will return
all items with an "f" somewhere in the ID.
Comparison operators (<,>,=,<>) are not supported when filtering a drop-down
list.
Using the Add menu option

If a value does not exist in a drop-down list, and you need it, you can add the new value
and insert it into the field.
1. Open a form and display the record you want to add the field value to.
2. Click in the drop-down list field you want to add an option to.
3. Select the Add feature by:
Right-clicking in the field and then, from the context menu, select Add
Selecting Add Value for Current Field from the Edit menu
Clicking the Add Value button on the toolbar
4. Complete the fields for the new record.

5. Save your changes and close the form.
6. The system will return to the original form and insert the new value into the field.
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Copying records
Copying a record, rather than creating a new one, and then modifying it, can often save
time in repetitive data-entry tasks.
To copy a record:
1. Select the record to copy.
2. From the Actions menu, select Copy.
3. A copy of the selected record is inserted as the next record.
4. Edit the record as needed.
a. If the record contains a field with a number that is automatically assigned and
cannot be manually changed, the system assigns the next available number to the
copied record when you save it.
b. If the record contains a field with a number that is automatically assigned but which
can be changed manually, the number is duplicated in the copied record. You can
update the value manually before you save the record. To allow the system to
assign the next available number automatically, make the field blank before you
save the record.
5. Once you made all the necessary changes, save the record.
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Checking for errors

Key points
Most forms validate new and modified records and report validation errors. The system
displays messages about any field that contains an invalid value or about any field that
requires a value but does not contain one.
The validation procedure occurs, and any error messages display, when you:
Navigate away from a new or modified record.
Attempt to save new or modified records.
Select Validate from the Actions menu.
Some fields are set to validate immediately and not wait until you perform one of these
actions. In these cases, validation occurs as soon as you attempt to move the focus to
another field in the same record.
Correcting Errors
When you perform an actionother than an action to save all recordsthat triggers
validation, the system displays an error message for the FIRST field in the CURRENT
record that contains an error. If there are multiple errors, the system then cycles through
each field with an error.
If you attempt to save a form that has multiple records with errors, the system reports which
records in the current collection contain errors. You cannot save the collection updates until
ALL errors have been corrected.
To correct the current record

1. When the system presents the error message and prompts you to respond, click Yes.
2. The insertion point moves automatically to the field containing the error.
3. Enter a valid value.
4. From the Actions menu, select Validate.
5. If the system displays an error message, repeat steps 1 and 2 until no field in the record
contains an invalid value.
To correct all records in the collection

1. Note the record numbers in the error message. They correspond to row labels in the
grid form.
2. Navigate to a record indicated by a row number.
3. From the Actions menu, select Validate.
4. Note the name of the field reported in the error message.
5. Move the insertion point to the field named in the error message.
6. Enter a valid value.
7. Repeat steps 3 through 6 until all fields in the current record are valid.
8. Repeat the entire procedure until you have corrected all records indicated in the error
message from the save operation.
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Deleting records
You can delete a single record or a group of adjacent records from a collection.
The system does not actually delete a record from the database until you save
your changes.
If you still see the (d) row label indicator next to the record, that means the
deletion has not been saved to the database.
If you change your mind about deleting a record, you can unmark those records
using one of the methods for undoing changes.
Deleting a single record

1. Select the record you want to delete.
2. From the Actions menu, select Delete, click the Delete button on the toolbar, or press
CTRL+D.
3. When the system notifies you that the record will be permanently deleted after a Save
action, click OK.
4. To delete the records permanently from the database, save the collection.
Deleting a range of records

1. Click the row label for the first record in the group you want to delete.
2. Hold down SHIFT and click the row label of the last record you want to delete.
3. From the Actions menu, select Delete, click the Delete button on the toolbar, or press
CTRL+D.
4. When the system notifies you that the records will be permanently deleted after a save
action, click OK.
5. To delete the records permanently from the database, save the collection.
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Undoing changes
You have four options if you want to undo any changes youve made. "Refresh" in the
options below refers to refreshing your collection by updating the record in your collection
with the current values in the database.
Remove a new record: select Delete from the Actions menu, click the Delete toolbar
button, or highlight the record and press CTRL+d.
Refresh current record: select Refresh Current from the Actions menu, click the
Refresh Current toolbar button, or press CTRL+F5. This will undo changes only to the
ONE record youve selected.
Refresh all records: select Refresh from the Actions menu, click the Refresh toolbar
button, or press F5. This will undo the changes you've made to ALL of the records in
the collection and reapply any original filter criteria you used on the form before making
the changes.
Cancel changes and close form: select Close and Cancel Changes from the From
menu. This will discard any changes you made and close the form.
Once you save records that had been changed or marked for deletion, you
cannot undo the changes.
If you still see the row label indicators of (m), (e), (n), or (d), this means you
havent saved your changes and can undo them.
If the form contains a subcollection (displayed as a grid in the detail view), the
system will refresh either the subgrid only or the whole record, depending on
where you have placed focus.
To refresh the subcollection, make sure you have placed your cursor in a field of
the subcollection.
Place the cursor in a field of the main record to refresh the main record(s).
For example, if your cursor is in the sub-grid displayed in the detail view and you
select to refresh, the system will only refresh the records in the sub-grid. It will
not refresh the other fields of the main record.
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Saving records
When saving records, you have two options: You can save a single record, ignoring
changes to other records in the collection, or you can save all records at one time.
Saving a single record in your collection

1. Select a record.
2. From the Actions menu, select Save Current.
Saving all records in your collection

Do one of the following:
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From the Actions menu, select Save.
On the tool bar, click the Save Form button.
Press CTRL+S.
Practice: data entry

1. Open one of the forms below
Items
Purchase Orders
Customer Orders
Job Orders
2. Put form in refresh mode

3. Add a record in the form view, but do not save it yet. Try adding a value in a drop-down
field by right-clicking on the field and selecting Add or Find.
4. Put form in grid view
5. Add a second record in grid view
6. Save the records
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Finding and replacing values in a range of records

Key points
If you want to update a number of records with the same value, you can copy and paste,
but you can do it more quickly with the Replace Value in Collection feature.
Replace
Edit \ Replace Value In Collection

To update a range of cells with the same value:
1. Place the cursor in a cell in the column you want to update. The current row and all
subsequent rows will be included in the process.
2. Select Edit \ Replace Value In Collection
3. Use this dialog box to replace values in a field with a new value that you specify.
TIPS:
The search works beginning with the selected record and going on from there. It does
not loop back through the beginning of the records. This means that, if you want to
search only the last part of a collection, you can start with the focus on the first record
from which you actually want to search.
When you use this dialog box, and click OK, the system prompts you and queries
whether you want to change an individual value found, or all values that match the
criteria. This allows you to selectively replace values only in certain records (by
selecting Yes or No) or in all records at once (by selecting Yes to All).
Replace
The value that you want to find and replace.
When entering values on which you want to search, you can use a partial value. For
example, to find any value that contains the string "test", you would enter test and clear the
Case Sensitive check box. This would locate values such as Test case, Amy's testing
results, Sales Contest. This is known as using an "implied wildcard."
NOTE: The Find Value and Replace Value features do not support use of the wildcard
character, the Null keyword, or comparison operators. These characters in such searches
are treated as literal values.
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If youre performing a find/replace on a checkbox field, remember that "0" =

deselected and "1" = selected. For example, if you wanted to replace items
records that had their Backflush checkbox selected, you would enter "1" in the
Replace field.
All Values
Select this checkbox to replace information in a field regardless of the field's current value.
Clear this checkbox to replace information in a field only if it contains the value contained
in the Replace field.
With
The new value to replace the value entered in the Replace box.
If youre performing a find/replace on a checkbox field, remember that "0" =
deselected and "1" = selected.
In Collection
The collection you want to search. This should default to the collection you are currently
working with.
If you have questions, return to the form and click a section of the form that displays the
collection you want. On the Help menu, click About This From. The name of the current
collection appears in a dialog box.
In Property
The name of the field whose values you are replacing. The default value for this field is
whatever field the cursor was in when you opened this dialog box. So, to have the field in
which you want to replace values preselected here, make sure that field is selected when
you open this dialog box.
Case Sensitive
Select this check box to search for the exact case (capital and lower case letters) you typed
in the Replace box. Clear this check box to match values even if they differ in case with the
value specified in the Replace box.
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Practice: update a field on a range of records

Youll be changing the due date of a number of order lines for Ting Tang Bicycles.
1. Open the Customer Order Lines form.
2. Filter for order lines from Ting Tang Bicycles that have a status of "Ordered"
3. Put the form in grid mode (you dont have to do this, but youll see the changes better
in the exercise)
4. Place your cursor in the status field.
5. Select Edit>Replace Value in Collection.
6. Notice the value in the In Property field.
7. Close the Replace Value in Collection form. Put your cursor in the date field, and select
Edit>Replace Value in Collection again.
8. Notice the value in the In Propepty field. It should be for the date this time.
9. Select the All Values checkbox.
10. Enter a date two weeks from today into the With field
11. Click OK.
12. When the process finishes, save your records or refesh them from the database.
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Notes Overview
Key points
You can annotate a record or a collection of records by attaching one or more notes.
Each record can have multiple notes.
Each note has two parts: a description and a body. The body can be text OR an
attachment. For example, a note for a bill of material might include text instructions for
packaging or the engineering drawing.
You can make some notes specific to a particular record; other notes you can use over
and over on multiple records.
A number of standard SyteLine reports print notes.
The table below summarizes the types of notes available and how to create them.
Note type
Description
How to Create
Class
Attached to all records in a collection
Actions + Notes for All
Current
Attached to ONE record in a collection
Actions + Notes for Current
Reusable: System
Can be used as a class or current note

by ANYONE
View + System Notes
Reusable: User
Can be used as a class or current note

only by the USER THAT CREATED THE
NOTE
View + System Notes
Note types
There are two note types. You can attach multiple notes, of either type, to a record. Once
you attach a note of any type to a record, all other users of the system can read the note.
Current notes (also called object notes)

Notes for a single record. These notes are attached to the currently selected record. With
these notes, you can:
Use reusable and non-reusable notes
Flag the note as internal or external
Print the note on reports (not all current notes are tied to reports)
Class Notes
Notes for all records in a collection. These notes are attached to every record in a
collection. For example, if you attach a class note to one customer record, it is automatically
attached to all customer records in the database, not just the part of the collection you have
displayed in your form. With these notes, you can:
Only use reusable notes
Flag the note as internal or external

Class notes do NOT Do not print on any standard SyteLine reports. You can
view these types of notes only through the form for the collection to which the
notes are attached.
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Reusable Notes
Reusable notes can be used as class or current notes multiple times. There are two kinds
of reusable notes:
User notes
Once created, a user note can be reused and attached to records only by the person who
created the note. For example, if Sally creates a user note in the System/User Notes form,
she can later view that note and attach it to other records. However, when Pete opens the
System/User Notes form, he cannot see Sally's notes or attach them to his records.
User notes do NOT print on standard SyteLine reports.
System notes
Once created, a system note is available for use by anyone else on the system. For
example, if Joe creates a system note, both he and Jane can later view that note in the
System/User Notes form. They can also both attach it to as many records as they want.
System notes CAN be printed on reports.
Internal/External Notes
All notes can also be classified as either internal or external notes. If you select the Internal
check box for a note, the system tags it as an internal note. Otherwise, the system treats
the note as an external note. This classification is used when selecting which notes to print
on reports.
Printing Notes on Reports

Many reports and utilities allow you to specify what kinds of notes can be printed as part of
the output. Sometimes the Print External Notes and Print Internal Notes options are used
in conjunction with other note-printing options.
On forms where Print External Notes and Print Internal Notes are the only 'print notes'
options, it depends on the form itself as to which notes the system prints.
For more information on which notes are printed on standard SyteLine reports, see the
online help topic "Printable Notes".
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Creating notes for the current record
Actions + Notes For Current
New
Adds a new note for this record only.
Delete
Deletes selected note.
Attach Detach Reusable

Attach a reusable note to the current record.
Attach File or Open Attachment

Attach or open a file created in an external application.
Internal
Select the check box to mark the note for internal use only. The note can subsequently be
excluded from report printing based on whether its internal or external.
Attachments must be in a shared folder on the network for other users to view it.
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Creating reusable notes
View + System Notes

Use system notes to retrieve common messages that you plan to use over and over. For
example, "always store this item right side up," or "check all bolts for proper torque prior to
packaging." You may enter these notes once and reuse them as often as you like without
re-entering the note time and again.
System Notes vs. User Notes

System notes are reusable notes that can be read and attached by any user on the system.
User notes are reusable notes that only the author can read or attach.
Attach File
Use the Attach File option to attach a file or picture to this record. This is optimal for
drawings or documents stored across the network.
System notes should be organized for ease of use when the file gets to be large.
An example would be to use prefixes that match the class in which they will be
associated like CO, PO, Item, Transfers, Job, BOM, etc.
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Practice: create notes

1. Add a system note.
Create your own subject and text
Don't forget to mark it as "system"
2. Apply system note to record
Open the Items form and find FA-10000
Select Actions>Notes for Current (or click the Notes button)
Select "Attach Reusable"
Select your system note and click OK
3. Capture picture
Make a trip to the Internet and find a picture of any bike
Right-click and save the picture in a location you can find easily (c:\temp)
4. Use picture as note
Open Notes For Current for FA-10000
Add note
Type "FA-10000 Drawing" for the subject
Click in the notes dialog box and select Attach File
Find your picture and insert it into the notes
Click OK
5. Open notes for FA-10000, then open picture attachment
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Printing reports
Key points
Printing reports is a two-step process:
1. Define what you want to print on the report
2. Click Preview or Print button
You can send the report to the printer or save it in a number of file formats on your
computer.
Sample form
Reports usually have three parts:
1. Checkbox and dropdown parameters

Use these fields to select the type of information you want to print.
2. Range filters
Use these fields to select ranges of records to print.
3. Action buttons
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Preview: display report on the computer
Print: send to printer or save as file
How to define whether you print or save the report

Weve included this topic so you know you have options; your system administrator will set
up these options for you.The system looks for report options in these places in the order
shown below.
1. Report Options: format by user, report, or device
2. Intranets: default for all reports
\\Master Explorer \ System \ Report Options

Use this form to set the default report options. The options you assign apply to a particular
user, a particular report, or a particular device. Once set, these options remain as defaults
until you change them on this form. For more information on setting up report formats, see
the system administration guides. Available report output formats include:
Acrobat Format (PDF)
Comma Separated Values (CSV)
Crystal Report (RPT)
Excel 8.0 (format used with Excel 97 and Excel 2000)
Excel 8.0 extended - (format used with Excel XP and Excel 2003)
HTML 4.0
Printer
Rich Text Format
Word for Windows
XML
Text
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Practice: print a report

1. Go to the module youll be spending most of your time to do your job.
2. Open any report
3. Select a range to print
4. Click Preview
5. Close the preview
6. Click Print
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Running activities and utilities

Key points
Activities and utilities are used to update the main records in a module. The difference
between them is that activities are processes users usually run more often. Utilities are run
less often.
Youll find process parameters on a majority of the Activity and Utility forms. After you select
the parameters, you will process Activity or Utility in one of two ways:
Process with Preview and Commit
Process only
Samples
Process with Preview and Commit
Activities and Utilities with the preview option allow you to perform a trial run. Nothing is
updated in the database, but you see in the grid at the bottom what would happen. If the
results look correct in the Preview, select the Commit radio button and click the Process
button. When you commit, you update the database.
In some processes the Preview is not optional. Often these processes print a
report that you must view first. When you preview, then the commit radio button
will activate.
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Process only
Process only Activities and Utilities do not allow you to perform a trial run. With these forms
you simply select the desired parameters then run the process against the database.
How to verify the process was successful

Processes executed immediately
Many activities and utilities are immediately processed. You will receive a feedback
message from the system saying the process completed. For example, youll get the
message shown below when you run the Material Planner Workbench activity successfully.
Processes placed in background task queue

However, some processes are not performed immediately. These are placed into the
background task queue. Youll know this is the case when the system gives you a feedback
message saying the "task was submitted" as shown below.
When you receive this message youll have to open the Background Task History form to
verity the process completed successfully. The form is shown below.
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\\Master Explorer \ System \ Background Task History
Submitted
When you clicked the Process button you submitted to process.
Started
When the system begins executing the process you submitted.
Completed
When the system finished the process. Regardless of what you read in the Task Messages
area, a process is not complete until you have a value in this field.
Return Status
When the process completes, the system will fill in the return status of the task:
Task Succeeded
Task Failed - Error, followed by the return code
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Practice: run an activity

1. Go to the module youll be spending most of your time to do your job.
2. Open any activity
3. Select activity parameters
4. If the Preview option is available, use it.
5. Processt the activity
6. Note the type of feedback message. If it says the "task was submitted," go to the
Background Task History form to verify it completed successfully.
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Exporting a file
Key Points
You can move data into a number of file types that can be read by other programs.
Form & fields
Form + Export to File

Use this dialog box to export the current collection to an external file that can be imported
into other programs, such as a spreadsheet. The external file can be either commaseparated or tab-separated. Each record in the collection becomes a row in the exported
file. Each field (property) becomes a column in the exported file.
Source Collection
This is the name of the collection to be exported. To identify the name, return to the form
and click the grid displaying the collection you want. The name of the second menu is the
name of the current collection.
Cap Option
Choices are:
From data currently in the collection - Export the records retrieved in the current
collection.
Unlimited query - Export all records in the collection from the application database.
SyteLine applies the current filter criteria and sort order to the collection, then exports
records from the collection in the application database.
Output File Type

Choices are comma separated (.csv) or tab separated.
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Moving data to and from Excel

Key points
You can easily move data back and forth to and from Excel without exporting the data as a
file.
Copying an entire collection

There are two ways to copy a collection in a form to a spreadsheet:
Use the To Excel menu option
Highlight and copy all the records in your collection
These procedures can copy only the records that have actually been retrieved from the
database.
Using the To Excel menu option

Use the Actions>To Excel menu option (or the To Excel toolbar button) to save a collection
to a file and then automatically open the file in Microsoft Excel. The records are placed in
the file [Form name]+[Export sequence].csv in the local My Documents folder. For
example, My Documents\itemsExport4.csv.
If Excel is installed on your local system, it is launched and the new file is opened as a
spreadsheet. If you have a different application set up to open comma-separated value
(.csv) files, that application will open the file instead.
If the currently selected field is either in a grid or has a related grid on the form, you see this
prompt: "Do you want to match the sequence of columns in the related grid?" Click Yes if
the spreadsheet columns should match the order of the grid on the form. Click No if the
spreadsheet columns should match the order of the property list in the form's IDO.
Only data displayed in the current collection is populated into the spreadsheet, and the
usual export-to-file rules apply.
Some collections may not have the To Excel option enabled.
Using the highlight method

The following procedure assumes that you have the form open and the collection you want
to copy showing in the grid view.
1. Click the blank box in the upper-left corner of the grid. This action selects and highlights
the entire collection.
2. Press CTRL+C or select Edit > Copy. The contents of the collection are copied to the
system clipboard.
3. In your spreadsheet program, select the cell you want to be the first (most upper-left)
cell of the collection. Typically, this is the first cell in the worksheet.
4. Press CTRL+V or use whatever command your spreadsheet program uses to paste in
the material.
The system does not copy and paste the header row of the collection as part of
this procedure. If you want to copy the header row as well as the records, you
must use the To Excel menu option.
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Copying selected records

You can copy a single or multiple records from a collection to a spreadsheet.
The following procedure assumes that you have the form open and showing the collection
you want to copy from.
Copying a single record

1. Click in the left-most column for the record you want to copy. This action selects and
highlights the entire record.
2. Press CTRL+C, or select Edit > Copy. This action copies the record to the system
clipboard.
3. In your spreadsheet program, select the cell you want to be the first (left-most) cell of
the pasted record.
the material.
Copying multiple records

1. Click in the left-most column for the first record you want to copy.
2. Shift-click in left-most column for the last record you want to copy. These actions select
and highlight the subset of records.
You can also select non-adjacent rows for the subset. To do this, use CTRLclick to select multiple non-adjacent rows, and then paste them into the
spreadsheet as you would any other contiguous set of records.
3. Press CTRL+C, or select Edit > Copy. This action copies the selected records to the
system clipboard.
cell of the pasted records.
the material.
Copying selected columns

You can copy a single or multiple columns from a collection to a spreadsheet.
Copying a single column

1. Click in the header row for the column you want to copy. This action selects and
highlights the entire column.
2. Press CTRL+C, or select Edit > Copy. This action copies the contents of the column to
the system clipboard.
3. In your spreadsheet program, select the cell you want to be the top (upper-most) cell
of the pasted column.
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Copying multiple columns

1. Click in the header row for the first column you want to copy.
2. Shift-click in header row for the last column you want to copy. These actions select and
highlight the subset of columns.
You cannot select non-adjacent columns for the subset. That is, you can use
CTRL-click to select multiple non-adjacent columns, but when you paste
them into the spreadsheet only the first column (or first set of adjacent
columns) actually gets pasted into the spreadsheet.
If you have one or more columns that are not adjacent to other columns you
want to copy, you can rearrange the grid so the non-adjacent columns to a
position adjacent to the other columns you want to copy. Then select the set
of columns to be copied, once they are all in a contiguous set.
3. Press CTRL+C, or select Edit > Copy. This action copies the selected columns to the
system clipboard.
4. In your spreadsheet program, select the cell you want to be the first (upper-most) cell
for the pasted columns.
the material.
Copying selected cells

You can copy a single cell or a block of cells from a collection to a spreadsheet.
Row labels are pasted in the spreadsheet as the first column. The labels are for
reference only and should not be copied and pasted back into a grid. In the
spreadsheet, you can delete the row-label column, unless you want to keep it for
reference purposes.
Copying a single cell

1. Click in the cell you want to copy.
2. Press CTRL+C, or select Edit > Copy. This action copies the contents of the cell to the
system clipboard.
3. In your spreadsheet program, select the cell where you want to copy the contents.
the material.
Copying a block of cells

1. Click in the first (upper-left) cell you want to copy.
2. Shift-click in last (lower-right) cell you want to copy. These actions select and highlight
the block of cells.
You cannot select non-adjacent cells. That is, you can use CTRL-click to
select multiple non-adjacent cells, but when you paste them into the
spreadsheet only the first cell (or first contiguous block of cells) actually gets
pasted into the spreadsheet.
3. Press CTRL+Insert. This action copies the selected block of cells to the system
clipboard.
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cell for the pasted columns.
the material.
Notes on copying
Carriage returns and line feeds in a multi-line cell are removed when you copy a
row to the clipboard. So, if you have multi-line cells, you must copy those cells
separately or reconstruct them in the spreadsheet.
Numeric values represented by check boxes in grids are 0 (zero) when cleared
and 1 (one) when selected. These values are transferred to and displayed in
spreadsheets as 0 and 1, respectively. So, if you plan to paste content from a
spreadsheet into a grid and a check box value is included, you must enter the
correct values as 0s and 1s in your spreadsheet.
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Pasting from a spreadsheet into a collection grid

Pasting selected records (rows)
You can paste the contents of selected records that you have worked on in a spreadsheet
into a grid.
This might be useful, for instance, when you have copied a set of records from the system
into a spreadsheet for editing and now you want to return the contents of the records, with
the changes, to the system.
To paste selected rows into a grid:
1. Open the form into which you want to paste the records.
To paste the records into a blank grid, you can do a Filter-in-Place query
that you know will retrieve no records. This puts the form in "new" mode. For
more information, see Finding Records with Filter-in-Place.
2. In the spreadsheet, select the desired rows and then press CTRL+C to copy them to
the system clipboard.
Make sure that you do not include the header row, if you have one. If you do,
the paste operation probably will not complete successfully.
3. In the grid, click inside the field at the location where you want to copy the data. In many
cases, especially if you have a blank form in "new" mode, this is the first cell in the grid,
though you can paste them in anywhere.
Do not create a new row; the paste action will automatically create the row.
Do not click the row label. Instead, click inside any field on the row you want
to replace or below which you want to append the new rows. If you are
replacing multiple rows, the paste action will replace the row in which you
clicked and each subsequent row, replacing the contents of those rows
except for the read-only fields.
4. From the Edit menu, select one of the following options:
a. To insert new records at (below) the selected field, select Paste Rows Append.
b. To overwrite the content of existing records, beginning with the selected field,
select Paste Rows Overwrite.
This option only overwrites active fields. Fields that are read-only are left
unchanged.
Do not attempt to use CTRL+V to paste the rows. Doing so causes the system to
write the entire contents of the source row to a single cell. Use one of the options
listed in step 4 above.
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The spreadsheet and the grid must have the EXACT same visible column
sequence. The first column in the spreadsheet must correspond to the first
column in the grid; the second column in the spreadsheet must correspond to the
second column in the grid; and so forth.
Normally, if you originally copied from a grid into the spreadsheet, the data
schemes are identical. However, in some cases, this is not true because the
order of the grid may not match the order of the collection that was exported; in
those cases, you must reorder the columns in the spreadsheet to match the grid
order.
Be careful, too, when ordering columns in the grid view. Because the paste order
matches that of the spreadsheet, if you paste a value into a column that affects
the value of a later column, then when the later column value is pasted, it might
overwrite the desired (calculated) value with the value from the spreadsheet.
The maximum number of rows you can paste into a form at one time depends
on the memory resources of your computer. Pasted rows are held in memory
until you save them. You can avoid out-of-memory conditions and related errors
by dividing a large number of records into smaller batches and then pasting and
saving each batch separately.
Errors
SyteLine will validate your data when you paste it. Data mismatches will generate data error
messages.
If you edit a cell in response to a validation message during the paste operation, the paste
operation ends with the current record. Therefore, we recommend that you respond "No"
to all prompts for validation during the paste operation, and then go back after the operation
is complete to edit these fields.
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Pasting the contents of a single cell

You can paste the contents of a selected cell in a spreadsheet into a grid.
This does not work for blocks of cells. If you attempt to copy and paste blocks of
cells, the system attempts to write the contents of all source cells to a single cell
in the destination grid.
To paste the contents of a single cell from a spreadsheet into a grid cell
1. Open the form into which you want to paste the content.
2. In the spreadsheet, select the cell you want and then press CTRL+C to copy the
content to the system clipboard.
To avoid problems when copying content from Microsoft Excel
spreadsheets, select (but do not copy) the cell, and then copy only the cell
contents in the formula bar field. If you select the entire cell, certain hidden
formatting content gets copied that can cause problems in the grid.
3. In the grid, click inside the field to which you want to copy the data.
4. Press CTRL+V, or select Edit > Paste. Note that this action overwrites any content
previously in the field.
The type of contents in the source cell must match the expected type for the
contents of the grid cell.
For example, if the grid is expecting an alphanumeric character string, the
cell in the spreadsheet must contain alphanumeric character content. If the
grid cell expects a numeral input, the source cell must contain only numeric
content. If the field is a drop-down list, the data being copied must be a valid
option.
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Practice: export to and from Excel

In this exercise, youll copy to Excel, then paste overwrite and paste append changes you
made in Excel back into SyteLine.
1. Copy to Excel
a. Open Excel.
b. Go back to SyteLine and open the Purchase Order Lines form; filter for vendor 1.
c.
Put form into grid mode.
d. Copy the column headings to Excel.

e. Copy the rows to Excel.
2. Paste Overwrite from Excel
a. In Excel, find a planned order line. Change the quantity of the line.
b. Copy the line.
c.
Go back to the Purchase Order Lines form.
d. Place your cursor in the row that matches the one you copied.
e. Select Edit>Paste Overwrite.
3. Paste Append from Excel
a. In Excel, add another line by copying a planned order line and pasting it after the
last row.
b. Copy the line.
c.
Go back to the Purchase Order Lines form.
d. Place your cursor in any row.

e. Select Edit>Paste Append.
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How to create a personal menu

Key points
Instead of having to search through the master explorer, you can create a menu structure
that includes only the forms you use.
Procedure
How to copy folders from the Master Explorer into My Folders
1. Use the Master Explorer to find the desired folder or form.
2. Right-click the folder or form in either the left or right pane.
3. Drag and drop into the My Folder area.
How to create a new folder

1. Highlight My Folders
2. Right click and select New Folder as shown below
3. Give you folder a name. You can change the name by right clicking and selecting
Edit>Properties
4. Drag and drop other folders and forms into your folder.
If you want to delete a folder or form from My Folders, simply highlight the folder
and select Edit>Delete or click the DEL key.
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Practice: create a personal menu

In this exercise youll drag and drop forms youd normally use in your job.
1. Use the Master Explorer to find the forms you normally use on the job.
2. Right-click, then drag and drop a folder.
3. Right-click, then drag and drop a specific form.
4. Create a new folder in My Folders and give it your initials.
5. Drag and drop all the forms and folders you copied in steps 2 and 3 into the new folder.
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How to set up SyteLine to open forms when you login

Key points
Many users want to login to SyteLine and immediately have the system open the forms they
use most often. You can do this easily using these features in My Folders:
Auto Run - When you log on, forms listed in the AutoRun folder are displayed as
opened, cascaded windows.
Pre-Load - When you log on, forms listed in the PreLoad folder are automatically
retrieved from the database into memory so they display more quickly when you
open them later.
Procedure
Drag and drop the folders you want to autorun or preload into the correct folder in My
Folders. In the example below, Items and Item Stockroom Locations will autorun when the
user logs in.
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Practice: set forms to automatically open

In this exercise youll set three forms to open automatically when you log into SyteLine.
1. Go to the module you use most on the job.
2. Identify three forms youre likely to use the most.
3. Drag and drop them into the autorun folder.
4. Exit SyteLine.
5. Log back into SyteLine. The forms should have opened automatically.
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How to set up SyteLine to open sets of forms with custom

size and positioning
Key points
Sometimes you dont want SyteLine to simply open forms, but you want it to also present
them in a specific layout. For example, someone who regularly works with job and planning
forms might have two sets of forms they commonly use. They could save their favorite
layout of both sets of forms and retrieve them when they need to work with them using the
Form>Workspace feature.
You cannot save a filter with a workspace. The system will bring up the forms in
their sizes and postitions in the default mode.
Procedure
How to create a workspace
1. Open the forms youre interested in.
2. Change size and position to fit your desires.
3. Select Form>Workspace.
4. Click New.
5. Give Workspace a name as shown below.
6. Click Set from current forms. Notice the message will be updated to say it now includes
the number of forms you have open as shown below.
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7. Click Done.
How to open a workspace

Once you have defined your workspaces, follow these steps to open them.
1. Select Form>Workspaces.
2. Highlight the desired workspace.
3. Click Exit and Open.
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Practice: create a workspace

1. Choose two forms youd work with on a regular basis.
2. Open each.
3. Position and size them so you can see both.
4. Follow the procedure to create a new workspace for them.
5. Select Window>Close All.
6. Follow the procedure to open your workspace.
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How to set cap size on records retreived

Key points
By default SyteLine will retrieve no more than 200 records into a form at any time. You can
change this default if you desire.
This data cap applies to all forms.
Settings
View \ Settings
Use Default
Retrieve the default number of records or list items. The default is 200.
Retrieve All
Retrieve all the records or list items in the database.
Use Specified Max

Specify the maximum number of records to retrieve. The value -1 appears in the box if the
Use Default option is selected.
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How To Setup Up Tabs

Tabbed View of Parent & Child Forms
Example
Tabs are another way to present linked forms. When you turn on the tabbed view setting
each form you open becomes a parent form and a top level tab. Any form you open using
buttons from the parent form becomes a linked form and child tab.
You can specify where the parent and child appear-top, side, or bottom-using the view
settings.
Tabs can be reordered by clicking a tab and drag it around. Also, tab background color can
be altered by right-clicking and select one of listed colors (please note that we currently do
NOT persist this color selection)
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Turning on Tabbed View
Main Menu \ View \ Settings

Turning Tabs On
1. Close all forms before setting your tab options.
2. Select the Tabbed Form Layout checkbox and then the desired Top/Parent Tab, Child
Tab, and Tooltip options. You do not need to save, just close the settings form and the
selections will take effect.
Image Tooltip
By selecting the "Use Image Tooltip" option, users can hover over a tab and see a form
preview. This only shows the form, it does NOT reflect the most up-to-date data.
A new setting called Tabbed Form Layout lets you display tabs for each open form across
the top of the screen. If you open a linked or modal child form from within another form, tabs
for the child forms appear on the right side of the screen. You can click and drag to reorder
the tabs across the top of the screen. You can right-click on a tab to change its color, to
organize similar tasks by color. Tabs, tab order, and tab colors are not saved when you sign
out.
A new setting called Display Explorer Buttons displays buttons in the Explorer. These
buttons are visible only when the Explorer is displayed, and they alow you another way to
navigate within the Explorer.
A new setting called Remember the navigation path makes the system remember your
Explorer settings.
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How to change the mode the form opens in

Key points
There are three initial command settings:
Refresh
FilterInPlace
New
You can change these for a user, group, or all users.
Procedure
1. Enter Edit Mode.
2. Select Edit>Variable.
3. Choose (form, pers) InitialCommand.
4. Click the Edit button.
5. Type the command of your choice: New, Refresh or FilterInPlace.
6. Click OK and then Done.
7. Exit Edit Mode.
8. Close the form.
9. Click Yes to save the changes.
Depending on your form editing permissions you may or may not be able to do
this globally, for a group or another user.
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What are other personalization options?

There are many things you can do with SyteLine personalization. Here are just a few:
Publish a form to the web
Add a field
Attach an action to a field
Add a tab with fields
For more information, see the Personalization training guide or class.
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Wrap up: make job aids

The best way to remember the various options youve learned in the class is to make some
job aids and refer to them while you perform your day-to-day tasks. Take some time now
to create your job aids. We suggest you choose one of the following methods.
Tab this training guide

1. Identify the sections of this book youre most likely to use (dont forget to look at the
preface which includes a list of hotkeys).
2. Take a block of Post-It notes or other similar tabbing devices.
3. Write a reference on the tabbing device and place it on the appropriate page.
4. Keep the training guide close to your work area.
Create cheat sheets

1. Identify the tasks in this book youre most likely to perform (dont forget to look at the
preface which includes a list of hotkeys).
2. Take a piece of paper or open a new document on your computer.
3. Summarize each task and steps or key-strokes for that task in the document. Add the
page number in the training guide where youll find the full explanation.
4. Keep the document close to your work area.
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Next day-perform detail and big picture activities

Next week-perform detail and big picture activities

Next month-perform detail and big picture activities

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SyteLine Navigation Helps

Close current form

Open Select Form

Switch view to next open form

Move to first editable field of form

Move to the next field

Move to the next record

Move to the previous feld

Move to the previous record

Retrieve next collection of records

Toggle between dual view and form only view

Toggle between dual view and grid only view

Toggle cursor focus between grid and form

Activate drop down field

Add new record rcord

Add value for current field

Display details for value in current field

Find value for current field