User/Location Settings - General

User/Location Settings - General

Note: if you see any setting in the User/Location Settings dialog that has this toggle visible to the right:



Then this setting is set up as a global preference, and CANNOT be modified by individual users in the User/Location Settings. Please have your Administrator edit this setting in Setup Global Preferences within Profile Manager as needed.Highlight Current Selection

This option is not relevant to the Dashboard main screen in 9x. When this is on then (only on specific screens), the currently highlighted field (where input focus is located) will be highlighted yellow for easy visibility:

Highlight Current Selection

Show Matching Items As You Type

This action applies to text-based drop-down boxes - specifically those related to equipment fields on the main screen and Field Settings in events. If this option is enabled true (default), then values from the drop-down are automatically selected as the user types into the edit control:

Example of Incremental Searching (Show Matching Items As You Type)

When First Displaying "Search By" Lists, Show All Items

This option applies to search-by dialogs - when this is on, the search dialog automatically returns all items as soon as the dialog is launched. This is helpful if the user scrolls through the assets to locate the appropriate equipment. This setting is not practical if you have thousands of assets.

Hide Inactive Equipment In "Search By" Lists

This option applies to search-by dialogs - when this is on, all inactive equipment (the 'Active' checkbox is OFF) will be hidden from the search.

Use New & Used Tolerances

The user will be prompted to input new and used default tolerances on the Test Points dialog/tab when enabled. 'Used Tolerance -' and 'Used Tolerance +' fields can be customized for display within the grid:

With 'Use New & Used Tolerances' User Preference Turned ON

When these two sets of tolerances are used, only 1 set is active for an asset at any time. In these instances, the 'New Equipment' checkbox controls the operative set of tolerances, which can be mapped for display/edit on the Equipment View (!NEW_GAGE!).

Hide Archived Certs/Documents

When an event is set to Incomplete (from the button above the History grid), any certificates or documents created during the event are archived in the database. If this setting is unchecked, then these archived certs/documents will remain visible among the event document icons visible to the right of the History grid - they will display as disabled icons:

Example - Archived Cert

If this setting is checked, these archived certs/documents will be hidden from the history document icons.

Optimize Search Bys for Wide Area Network

This option applies to search-by dialogs - turning on this option instructs all search-by dialogs with incremental search functionality (see the 'Show Matching Items As You Type' setting above) not to perform a search until the user presses the Return key. This ensures that only one search SQL will be executed, and this search will only return the smallest # of assets. Note: Since the Return key is essential with this functionality, the Return key cannot be used to close the search-by dialog (which is usually the case). Instead, use 'Ctrl+Enter.' The 'Stagger Interval For Search-Bys' setting (described below) is not relevant when this setting is turned on.

Skip All Auto-Launch Reports Upon Login

Upon login, reports can be configured for automatic launch through the Setup Custom Searches / Reports / Layouts dialog. This user preference will disable this functionality for the current user login.

Stagger Interval for Search Bys - in milliseconds

This option applies to search-by dialogs - but this setting is irrelevant if the 'Optimize Search Bys for Wide Area Network' is used. By default, when a search is executed upon each character, input in the search box prompts an update to the search results. For instance, if your final search text is 'CLAMP,' then after you type 'C,' you will immediately see all items that begin with 'C.' After you type 'CL,' you will see all items that start with 'CL.' After you type 'CLA,' you will see all items that begin with 'CLA,' etc. This functionality provides immediate feedback while searching but generates an SQL command per character. Turning on the 'Stagger Interval for Search Bys' setting, SQL commands will only be executed after a fixed # of milliseconds of inactivity on the keyboard. So to continue the above example, if the user types 'CLA' and then pauses the # of milliseconds specified, then (and only then) the search results will be updated. So instead of 3 SQL commands, only one will be executed, returning fewer / more targeted results.

Maximum # of Records to Retrieve (0=Unlimited)

This option applies to search-by dialogs - this specifies the maximum # of records that a search should ever retrieve. If the current SQL filter is seen to return more than defined, then the SQL will be blocked before execution. This functionality is accomplished by a 'SELECT COUNT(*)' type sql being performed before each update to the search results grid.

Minimum # of Characters For Search Bys

This option applies to search-by dialogs - similar to the 'Stagger Interval' described above. Still, in this case, the SQL is only executed if a minimum # of search characters have been input. |