The System Controls set-up screen is accessed via the System Maintenance / System Controls menu within the Terminations module.
The system controls play an important part in the default settings and values in much the same way as the system parameters. The values that are controlled here are not able to be amended by the user.
The System Controls screen is used to define (at set-up) the limits to be applied to various functions within the Terminations module.
Default control limits set at global level may be set-up within Terminations / Kerridge Utilities / Control Defaults if necessary.
Note: System Controls are only editable from Company 00 .
The screen is split into four areas which are as follows:
In addition to displaying the screen name the Title Bar provides a number of useful buttons.
The top of this dialogue box displays the following details:
The Company field displays the company number for the company that is currently being accessed i.e. 00 .
This area beneath is divided into two Tabs , each containing a number of default values applicable to a certain area. These Tabs are as follows:
The General Tab is used to define general top-level system controls for the Terminations module.
The Disposal Export Tab is used to define the next unique sequential disposal export number within the Terminations module.
A number of command buttons are available. Some buttons are context sensitive and are dimmed and only become available dependent upon the particular process that is being accessed. The full list of command buttons is as follows:
Exits the System Controls screen and returns to the System Maintenance menu.
Provides online access to a context sensitive Help screen.
Enables the creation of an additional record . Mutually exclusive option buttons allow this to be done in one of the two following ways:
- Blank
Used if a new record is to be set-up without utilising existing criteria.
- Copy
Copies the values within an existing "nearest match" record so that only required values need be edited.
Provides the facility for editing the set-up options of the current record. No edits can be made to a record until the Amend button has been selected.
Saves any amendments made to system controls and returns to the System Maintenance menu.
On first accessing the screen this command button is dimmed. Following selection of the Amend button the Cancel option then becomes available to enable any edits to a record to be cancelled.
This is not a command button. This box is a way of displaying messages with regard to the status of the current record for example, "Record Secured - OK"
Selection of this button displays a further screen that provides an Ad-hoc Report Generator for the creation of quick query reports to screen..
Selection of this button displays a further screen that provides an itemised display of all the selection criteria for the current record.