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What is the Tool Bar?

With the Tool Bar you can carry out all the instructions on the database that you will need. It
appears on every screen in CMPIC so once you have learned to use it on one screen it carries out
the same functions on all others.
The complete set of icons appears below.

How do I use the Tool Bar?

As you move the cursor over the icons you will see a short description of what that icon is used
for in the hint text field below the tool bar.
Here is a fuller explanation of how you use the various commands.
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Press this button and

enter query values

Pressing this icon puts the screen into Query

Mode. This will then enable you to search on the
database for records which meet your search
criteria. In Oracle, the wildcard search uses the %
symbol to represent missing characters. So if
you were looking for a cable with 999
somewhere in its number you would enter
%999% in the field you are searching.
Alternatively, 999% would look for a number
beginning 999 and conversely %999 looks for a
number ending in 999. The same approach is
valid using either alpha or numeric characters.

Press this button to run

the query

This command can be used in two ways. If you

press the icon on first entering the screen it will
bring back all the records in the database.
Alternatively, if you have entered search criteria
as described above, using this command will
simply bring back the selected records.

Press this button to

count the number of
matching records

This command can be used in two ways. If you

press the icon on first entering the screen it will
give you the total number of all the relevant
records in the database e.g. in the Cable
Schedule screen all the scheduled cables
independent of status, in the Cable Type screen it
will count all the different cable types etc.
Alternatively, if you have entered search criteria
as described above, using this command will
simply show the total number of records which
will be retrieved if you then run the query.
The
number of records will appear at the top left of
the screen.

Press this button to

move to the previous
record

This icon and its counterpart below allow you to

move through the records one at a time when
they have been retrieved.

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Press this button to

move to the next record

See above

Press this button to scroll

up the current set of
records

If the records are displayed in a list type screen

rather than a screen which shows one record at a
time, this command and its counterpart below is
used to scroll up a set of records at a time

Press this button to scroll

down the current set of
records

See above

Press this button to

create a new record in
the database

Using this command creates space in the

database for a record to be inserted. Once you
have clicked on the icon you can start typing in
data and using the TAB key on your computer to
move between fields.
To avoid repetitious
typing there are a number of shortcuts you can
use. See below.

Press this button to

delete a record from the
database

This command will delete the record which

currently appears or the record on which your
cursor rests if in a list type screen

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Press this button to

duplicate the data from
the previous record

Firstly click the Create a new record in the

database icon as explained above. Using this
command now duplicates the data from the
record which was on your screen before creating
this new record. Any data which CMPIC will allow
you to copy will be copied. Some data (e.g. cable
number) will not be copied because these have
to be unique and as such need to be entered
explicitly.
See Press this button to duplicate
the previous field below.

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Press this button to clear

the record

If you make a mistake or want to start again, this

command clears the screen. It does not delete
the record so you dont need to create another
new record before entering data again.

12

Press this button to clear

the current field

As above but field by field

Press this button to

duplicate the previous
field

This command allows you to copy any field from

the previous record. In the example above, where
cable numbers are not copied because they need
to be unique, use this command to copy the
cable number from the previous record. You can
then amend the cable number to make it unique
rather than entering the whole number.

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Press this button to view

the latest Oracle error

In the unlikely event of database errors occurring,

perhaps because of missing table permissions,
the Database Administrator or Cloudis Support
may ask you to use this button to obtain more
information about the error.

15

Press this button to see

item help details

Where on line help has been provided this button

will take you to the document.

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Press this button to save

changes

Every time you change, create or delete a record

you should commit it to the database by clicking
this icon. If you have made changes and you try
to exit the screen, CMPIC will ask you whether
you wish to keep or discard the changes.

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Press this button to exit

the current form

This command is used in two ways. Firstly to exit

the current screen. If you have been drilling
down screen by screen, using this command will
back you out of the drill down screen by screen.
The second use of the icon is to take you out of
Query mode.

Why are some fields different colours?

In CMPIC there are some fields which are identified by specific colours to help the user.
Royal blue

These fields indicate that if you double click on them there will either be
a List of Values displayed for you to pick from, or that you will be taken to
another screen displaying more information about that particular record.

Denim blue

This colour identifies MANDATORY fields. There are not many of these
and most appear in the Library data screens. If you do not fill in all the
mandatory fields you will not be allowed to save the record.

Yellow

This is used to highlight the record you are currently in when using a
multi-record block.

Pale grey

These fields are optional for completion or they display data which has
been created in another screen and is shown for information.

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