Defining data alarms

This page allows you to specify data alarms for a view. It serves to display the data, which is specified as filter criteria to appear in a different, highlighted manner in the view. This kind of highlighting makes it easier for the viewer to spot data discrepancies as well as data impact.

The “Define Data Alarms” page appears.

The system displays the following fields:

View Display Name

The name of the view, as it appears in the “Inquiries” activity.

View Type

The type of the view, which could be “Adhoc”, “Audit” or “Report”.

View Access

The access type of the view, which could be “Public” or “Private”.

Date Format

The format in which the date fields are displayed in this page. The system supports the “DD MMM YYYY” format.

Time Format

The format in which the time fields are displayed in this page. The system supports the “HH:MM:SS” format.

The system displays the total number of records and the current record.

A                          When there are no records specified for the view, a new record appears when the screen is invoked. If records are available, the last record appears when the screen is invoked. To add a new record, go to the last record and click “Next”.

Font Family

The font family to be used, to display the data in the view output, meeting the current data alarm condition (Alphanumeric, 255). Mandatory.

Help facility available.

Font Style

The font style to be used, to display the data in the view output, meeting the current data alarm condition (Alphanumeric, 255). Mandatory.

The system displays the following field:

Preview

The system displays the selected font family with the selected font style.

Text Color

The color to be used for the text in the view output, meeting the current data alarm condition (Alphanumeric, 255). Mandatory.

Help facility available.

Row Color

The color to be used for the rows in the view output grid meeting the current data alarm condition (Alphanumeric, 255). Mandatory.

Help facility available.

The system displays the following field:

Preview Text

The system displays the preview of the text in the selected text color and row color.

The system displays the following fields in the “Data Alarm Conditions” multiline:

Left Brace

Use the drop-down list box to set the filter criteria using the left braces. The condition enclosed within the innermost braces would be executed first.

Column Alias

Use the drop-down list box to select the column name, required for the view. The system lists all the alias columns defined for the view, in the “Specify Columns” page.

Filter

Use the drop-down list box to select the filter criteria. The options include “Equal To”, “Smaller Than”, “Greater Than”, “Smaller Than or Equal To”, “Greater Than or Equal To”, “Between”, “Any Of”, “Starts With”, “Ends With”, “Contains”, “Blank”, “Null”, “Not Equal To”, “Not Between”, “Not in Any Of”, “Does not Start With”, “Does not End With”, “Does not Contain”, “Is not Blank” and “Is not Null”.

Value

The filter value for executing the view. The data type of the value entered depends on the column data type (Alphanumeric, 1000).

Help facility available.

A                          Values should be specified in the “Value” field for conditions other than “Between”, “Not Between”, “ Any Of” and “Not in Any Of”, specified in the “Filter” field.

The system displays the following field:

Enumerated Value

The filter value defined for the view, when the filter is selected as “Between”, “Not Between”, “Any Of” or “Not in Any of”.

Right Brace

Use the drop-down list box to set the filter criteria using the right braces. The condition enclosed within the innermost braces would be executed first.

And/Or

Use the drop-down list box to set the filter criteria as “And” or “Or”.

Select “And” if both the conditions must be satisfied.

Select “Or”, if the result must be retrieved even when one of the conditions is satisfied.

Note: Ensure that “Column Alias” and “Filter” values are specified in the multiline. Also ensure that at least one record is selected in the multiline. Enumerated values can be specified only if the “Filter” is “Between”, “Not Between”, “Any Of” or “Not in Any of”.