Searching the Help
To search for information in the Help, type a word or phrase in the Search box. When you enter a group of words, OR is inferred. You can use Boolean operators to refine your search.
Results returned are case insensitive. However, results ranking takes case into account and assigns higher scores to case matches. Therefore, a search for "cats" followed by a search for "Cats" would return the same number of Help topics, but the order in which the topics are listed would be different.
Words and Phrases
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| A single word | cat
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Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats". |
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A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase. |
"cat food" (quotation marks) |
Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase. |
Using Boolean Operators
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Two or more words in the same topic |
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| Either word in a topic |
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| Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase |
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| Topics that contain one string and do not contain another | ^ (caret) |
cat ^ mouse
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| A combination of search types | ( ) parentheses |
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- Work order example overview
- Create a table
- Add key fields to a table
- Create a form
- Create a copy of a form
- Create a link for the WorkOrder form
- Create a sequential number file
- Create an Object definition
- Create an Initialization Process definition
- Create display application screen definition
- Create display application option definitions
- Create a State definition
- Add a Close button
- Create a wizard for the work order
- Add a Process definition record
- Create an input form for the wizard
- Modify the close and update incident forms
- Create alias in probsummary table for link
- Modify im.set.close Process definition
- Test the work order example
Add a close work order button
When a user completes the task or tasks, the work order should be closed. This procedure describes how to put a close button on the EXWorkOrder form and update the status of the work order to close. This procedure adds a display application option definition, adds a State definition for EXWorkOrder.view, and adds a Process definition for EXWorkOrder.close.
Note This procedure does not explain how to include validation for this activity. You would use Format Control to add validation.
To create a display application option definition for EXWorkOrder.view, follow these steps:
- From the System Navigator, click Tailoring > Tailoring Tools > Display Options top open the Display Application Screen Definition form.
- Type EXWorkOrder.view in the Screen ID field.
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Enter the following information.
Field Value Unique ID Automatically generated (EXWorkOrder.view_close) Action close GUI option 5 Text Option 5 Bank 1 Condition true Default Label Close - Click Add.
- Click OK.
To update the EXWorkOrder.view state definition, follow these steps:
- From the System Navigator, click Tailoring > Document Engine > States to open the State Definition form.
- In the State field, type EXWorkOrder.view and then click Search. The EXWorkOrder.view state definition form opens.
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Add the following to update the state definition form.
Field Value Display Action close Process Name EXWorkOrder.close Condition true - Click Save and then click OK.
To add a process definition record for EXWorkOrder.close, follow these steps:
- From the System Navigator, click Tailoring > Document Engine > Processes to open the Process Definition form.
- Type EXWorkOrder.close in Process Name.
- Click Add.
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On the Initial Expressions tab, type the following expression:
- status in $L.file="Closed"
- $L.mode="closed"
- Click Save.
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On the RAD tab, enter the following information:
Field Value Expressions evaluated before RAD call $L.EXaction="update" RAD Application se.base.method Condition true Parameter Names
Parameter Values file $L.file prompt $L.EXaction second file $L.file.save record $L.fc second.record $L.object boolean1 false - Click Save and then OK.
