Basics of using a Ramco iEnterprise Series web page
Before using a Ramco iEnterprise Series Web page
Elements of the Ramco iEnterprise Series Web page
Typical Ramco iEnterprise Series Web page
Getting into a web page
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Select a web page by clicking on the activity on the left pane of the application. |
After the page appears, you may
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View it and then exit by selecting the "Cancel" button on the Web page tool bar if it is a view-only page. |
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Select a record or a data item if it is a selection page. |
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Enter data by positioning the cursor on the field and starting to type, provided the field can be edited. |
When you complete selecting / viewing / entering data in all the required fields in the page, you can either
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Traverse to the next page, by selecting a link in the page. |
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Save the details in the current page by clicking the apt pushbutton. |
Selecting a record in the Web page
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Select or choose a record in the multiline, by checking the "Select" box that appears as the second field of the record. |
Deleting a record in the Web page
Delete a record in the multiline by
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Checking the "Select" box that appears as the second field of the record and |
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Clicking the Delete icon on the tool bar above the multiline. |
Traversing the stages to carry out a transaction
A simple activity or transaction that you carry out through the Web page can involve more than one task. This means that you traverse through different Web pages to carry out the transaction. The stages involved are:
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Specifying the criteria based on which you will filter records. For example, the criteria you specify could be Date Range, Range of employee numbers, Work order number etc. |
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Viewing the list of records that the system displays, which satisfy the criteria you specified. After viewing the list, you are to select one or more records. |
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Executing the activity on the selected record. |
Before using a Ramco iEnterprise Series Web page
Before you get started on the Ramco iEnterprise Series Web page, you need to know a few concepts based on which Ramco iEnterprise Series works. These can be summed up in the few key words that follow.
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Business Component |
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Activity |
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Web Page |
The Business Component refers to a set of logical transactions grouped under a name. For example, "Equipment Induction" could be a business component.
An Activity refers to any transaction under a Business Component. Eg: "Create Equipment", "Move Equipment", "Modify Asset Structure" etc.
A transaction often involves one or more steps. For instance, the activity "Create Equipment" may involve:
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Entering Equipment Information |
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Entering Additional Details for the Equipment |
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Defining Equipment Placeholder details |
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Attaching Parameters to the Equipment |
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Attaching Spare Parts to the Equipment and so on. |
In effect, these are the Web Pages on which you work. When you are working on a Web page, you are often carrying out a step in an Activity. Because there can be multiple steps in an Activity, you may use multiple Web Pages to carry out the Activity.
Note that there are several instances when a single Web page is used to carry out the activity directly.
Elements of the Ramco iEnterprise Series Web Page
To use the Web page, here are the basic elements you will be working with.
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The Page |
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This constitutes the entire document that you view online, which you use to either type in information or view information. All other elements described below will be inside the page. |
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A table, consisting of multiple rows and columns, in which multiple records are displayed. Each row contains a single record. Each item of information in the record appears under a column header. Show |
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Any item, which when selected, takes you to another Web page. |
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Search Criteria |
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Refers to fields that you can enter, such as "From Date" and "To Date", to tell the system to retrieve only those records satisfying these specifications. Essentially, these filters are the criteria that you specify to enable the system to narrow down the list of records that must be displayed. |
Drop-down list box |
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This refers to the list box that appears when you click inside a field containing a downward arrow. The list box shows a list of items, each of which represent an action you can choose. |
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Each data element in a page, which is either displayed automatically or which you enter/ type in, is a field. |
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Lens |
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The icon positioned next to fields where code search facility is available. Click this icon to search for a code or number. Eg: Help on Employee Number. |
Select check box |
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A small square box normally occurring as the second column of every multiline row. It precedes the record in the row. When you position the mouse pointer on it and click, a tick mark appears within the square box, indicating that the record in the row is selected for an action. |
Home |
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A button that you select on the Web Page tool bar to go to the web page set as the home page. |
Refresh |
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A button that you select on the Web Page tool bar to enable the system to fetch the most recently updated data from the database. |
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A button that you select on the Web Page tool bar to come out of the Web page without effecting any action that you might have carried out in the Web page. |
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Change Password |
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A button that you select on the Web Page tool bar to change the password settings for the currently logged in user. |
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A button that you select on the Web Page tool bar to launch the context-sensitive online help for the page. |
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Logout |
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A button that you select on the Web Page tool bar to log out of the Ramco iEnterprise Series application session. |
First Record |
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Select this button on the tool bar above the multiline to view the first set of multiline records. |
Previous Record |
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Select this button on the tool bar above the multiline to view the set of multiline records immediately preceding the currently displayed set of multiline records. |
Next Record |
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Select this button on the tool bar above the multiline to view the next set of multiline records. "Next" is applicable when the set of multiline records that the system displays cannot be accommodated in the current Web page continue into the next page. |
Last Record |
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Select this button on the tool bar above the multiline to view the last set of multiline records. |
Insert Record |
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Select this button on the tool bar above the multiline to insert a record in the multiline. |
Delete Record |
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Select this button on the tool bar above the multiline to delete the selected record in the multiline. |
Search Record |
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Select this button on the tool bar above the multiline to search for a record in the multiline. |
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A rectangular button that performs an action when clicked. For example, clicking the "Add Employee" pushbutton saves the employee details entered in the page. |
Typical Ramco iEnterprise Series Web Page