TEMPORARY MODIFICATION
All default Inquiries that come with the software can be modified to present different information than what currently appears in the screen shot. All you have to do is to first position your cursor in the column where you would like to edit the Inquiry and click on the Select icon at the top of the inquiry screen. Alternatively, you can actually LEFT click on the Column Header for the column you want to modify or type ALT + S on the keyboard.
Next, the Column Option window appears and offers you to choose one of the four column options .
In this example, the vendors’ State will be inserted before the Amount Open column.
Upon clicking OK in the Column Option window, a new window appears: Column Definition
Since the State record resides in the Vendor file, scroll down to “State” and double click on it so it fills the Heading area.
Click OK and the field will be inserted into your inquiry in between Name and Amount Open, as you can see below.
Keep in mind that the information you are looking for may not be in the field that appears when the Column Definition window opens. If this is the case, select the INDEX button below the Field table and search for the record you need.
NOTE: It is most important that you know which Field to use to add to your Inquiry, for it is possible that said Field may not appear in the Index list. This is totally determined by the structure of the default Inquiry.
NOTE: You CANNOT SAVE these changes. Once you exit from the modified Inquiry, the edits are lost and the default Inquiry returns to its original design.
PERMANENT MODIFICATION
Similar to Report Designer (RD) for reports, you need the application Inquiry Designer (ID) to permanently change an Inquiry screen. There are three types of changes that can be made to an existing Inquiry:
Change the Default View
Every level of an inquiry has a default table view and its related form view. You can select a different default table view at any level. For this example, we are going to change the default table view for the AP Vendor Summary inquiry.
To change a default table view, open the ID module and from the menu bar select Inquiry >Inquiry Manager.
1. Select the module in which the inquiry is located and click on OK. |
2. Select the inquiry you want to modify and click on Change. |
4. This is the default view for this Inquiry.
Modify Views
A default table view can be modified from any inquiry that uses it. The view can be modified by opening it in ID, editing the view and saving the changes. For this example, we are going to permanently insert Send cost to Billings in front of Cost Unit Description in the Standard Categories inquiry located in the Lists menu group in JC. To modify the default table view, again open the ID application and from the menu bar select Inquiry > Inquiry Manager.
NOTE: A specific view might be used in more than one inquiry. Changes to the view will be reflected in all inquiries that use that view.
Add or Modify Conditions
Now let’s take an Inquiry, PR Check Information>Check Time, add a condition to it so it only shows OVERTIME, and save it as a NEW inquiry.
Repeat steps 1 through 3 in the Modify Views section above. Here is the default screen shot from a typical data folder.
Next, click on the Conditions icon (or ALT + C for keyboard users) and select a Field, an Operator and a Value for the condition. In this example, select “Pay Type (not Pay ID) equal to “Overtime” “.
Here is how your Inquiry appears with the new Condition:
If a condition already exists in the inquiry, you can choose Add, Change, or Delete to further modify the conditions of the inquiry.
If finished click on Yes to save your work. Best Practices says to give this Inquiry a new name so it can be added to your existing Inquiry list.
In summary, Inquiry Designer (ID) is Sage 300 CRE’s user-friendly tool to add or modify inquiries you use in each of your applications.
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