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   <Header>
      <Title>To use a dashboard session</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e479669">
         <Level1>dashboard</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>Use a dashboard session to access multiple sessions that are
		related to a specific object in a quick way. Examples of objects are item, work
		center, or project. By means of a dashboard, an user, for example, an engineer
		or a shop floor planner, can easily carry out all tasks related to his/her job.
		Relevant details of the object are presented on the dashboard, as well as the
		possibility to open the sessions in which additional information for the object
		is stored.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>To summarize, the dashboard gives the user a quick overview of
		the status of a specific object without having to open all related sessions
		immediately. With a dashboard, a user can easily perform a specific
		task.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>A dashboard session consists of the following
		  parts:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Details</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Links</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Object</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
      <Paragraph>
         <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" height="360" width="612"
                   SRC="../images/tr_screen_000063.gif"
                   alt="[...]"/>
      </Paragraph>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Object</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>For the dashboard's object (3), a number of records is listed.</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListItem>If you select a record, the record's details are displayed in
			 the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc1500m000#tiedm3110sDF1" role="groupbox">Details</GUIRef> group box (1).</ListItem>
            <ListItem>If you select a record, you can click the links in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc1500m000#mfc.chart" role="groupbox">Charts</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc1500m000#tisfc.docs" role="groupbox">Documents</GUIRef> group box, to display, maintain, or create
			 information related to a record.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Click <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" height="16" width="16"
                         SRC="../images/def.find.gif"
                         alt="[...]"/> ( <GUIRef href="/baanerp/stcommands/stcommands#stp_def.find" role="command">Find a record</GUIRef>) on the session's toolbar to search for a record.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Click <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" height="19" width="16"
                         SRC="../images/filter.gif"
                         alt="[...]"/> ( <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Define filter</GUIRef>) to filter the object's records. Select <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Advanced Filtering</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Easy Filtering</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Links</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>A series of links (2) is presented to start sessions that are
		  related to the session's object. A check mark <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" height="22" width="20"
                      SRC="../images/checkmark.gif"
                      alt="[...]"/> indicates
		  whether the link already contains information related to a selected record of
		  the object.</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListItem>Click the links to display, maintain, or create information
			 related to an object's record.</ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Details</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc1500m000#tiedm3110sDF1" role="groupbox">Details</GUIRef> group box displays information about the
		  object.</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListItem>If you select a record in the list in the lower part of the
			 session (3), the record's details are displayed in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc1500m000#tiedm3110sDF1" role="groupbox">Details</GUIRef> group box (1).</ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>