| To find your way in the session window (Worktop) |  |
| The ERP LN session windows contain some or all of the following elements:
1 | Window title bar
2 | Menu bar
3 | Standard toolbar
4 | Application toolbar
5 | Group fields
6 | Column headings
7 | Records
8 | Status bar
Window title bar (1) The window title bar shows the session name, which reflects the type of object that the session displays. If the session displays a specific characteristic of the object, this is the second part of the title. For example: The Items - General session list the general item data. The Items - Sales session list the item data that is specific for handling sales orders. The Items - Warehousing session list the item data that is specific to item storage and inventory handling. Menu bar (2) The menu bar shows the menus that apply to the session. You can display Help for menu commands as described in To display What's this? Help. You can display more online Help as described in To use the online Help. For a list of the menu commands, refer to Standard Commands. Note The Group menu is only available in a records-by-group overview session. The Specific menu contains the commands that are specific for the session. You can often use the Specific menu to start related sessions. If there are no session-specific commands, the Specific menu is not available. Standard toolbar (3) The standard toolbar contains buttons for the standard commands of ERP LN session windows. For an overview of the standard toolbar buttons, refer to Toolbar buttons. To display the command description in the tooltip or in the status bar, point to the command button. To display Help on the application toolbar buttons, first click the What's This? button as described To display What's this? Help Help. To start a command, click the corresponding button. To change the position of the toolbars, on the Tools menu click Options. You can temporarily change the position of the toolbars as described in To move the toolbar. Application toolbar (4) The application toolbar contains buttons for some of the session-specific commands that are also present in the Specific menu. If there are no session-specific commands, the application toolbar is empty. Group fields (5) In a records-by-group overview session, the group fields appear above the records. Column headings (6) Note You can customize an overview session to hide columns or display more columns. Records (7) The records of the session. Status bar (8) The status bar at the bottom of the session window displays, from left to right: The description and the shortcut keys of the toolbar button, command button, or menu command that you point to. The mode and type of the selected field, or information about the current process, such as Busy or Ready. The session code, for example, `tcibd0501m000`. The first two characters, `tc`, indicate the package to which the session belongs. The next three characters, `ibd`, are the module code. Note that your user profile can be set up in such a way that the session codes are not displayed. The company number. The number of the current company, in which you are working. You can only process data belonging to the current company, and the data you define only applies to the current company. For details, refer to Companies - overview. To change the windows settings To change some of the windows settings, on the Tools menu click Options. This starts the Options (ttams1100s100) session, which you can use to: Select some window settings. Select the way in which ERP LN displays messages to you while you work with the ERP LN sessions. Related topics Toolbar buttons To move the toolbar To start a session To use the ERP LN sessions – overview |