The System Parameter Defaults set-up screen is accessed via the Kerridge Utilities menu within the Terminations module and is used by ADP to define (at set-up) the top-level default system parameters to be applied to various functions within the Terminations module. The default parameters may be overridden by the customer within System Maintenance / System Parameters .
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 Details Tab is used to define general top-level system defaults for the Terminations module.
The Excess/Under Calculation Tab is used to define top-level system defaults for excess and under calculations 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 Parameter Defaults screen and returns to the Kerridge Utilities menu.
Provides online access to a context sensitive Help screen.
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 parameters and returns to the Kerridge Utilities 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.