Whenever you press <F4-Select> against a database within the currency maintenance the details displayed can be configured to show what you require. This is done via the ‘Select Key Definition’.
As you select this option the system displays each of the ‘system’ databases used within the application in turn asking you to select the items, up to ten, that you wish to display. You are also asked:
The details listed when using <F4-Select> depend on the item searched upon. If search on the prime-index (which for the currency file would be the currency code) then items are listed in account code order, if enter a search on a secondary index (for the currency file this could be the currency name) then items are listed in the order they were created. Setting this option reverses this sequence so that details are listed in either reverse prime-index or reverse entry order.
As an alternative to the above you could set the records to be listed in a set sequence. This could include, in the case of the currency file, the currency code. The item you sort on must be one of the list items you have set to be displayed and, here you select the column number of the data item you wish to sort upon and whether the records are to be sorted in descending order (leave blank for ascending order).
F4-Focus Item
When you press F4 to select a currency the system generally focuses on the code input but will remember the last item searched on in continuous use so that if (say) search on currency name the next search will default to searching on name. Setting this option allows you to always revert to a particular focus item. The help bubble at the bottom left shows the options that can possibly be set, pressing the <F7-Option> key shows the items that are available for selection on the currency file.
Notes
These items only affect the items displayed in the list when selected within the ledger; they do not affect the items you can filter on (i.e. the header selection inputs). These are the prime and secondary indexes of the databases concerned.
Article ID: 892
Created On: Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 11:28 AM
Last Updated On: Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 12:48 PM
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