Input help for the Type and Status fields

You can create input help options for the Status field that are dependent on the Type field.

Type and status: Functions and examples

In principle, the process of entering input help options for the Type and Status fields is similar to other input help options. The particularities of Type and Status are described on this page.

Managing input help options

Input help options for Type and Status are always displayed as a Single selection list from which users can select one entry respectively.

Please note

This function is only available in the Premium Edition.

Interdependent input help options for the Type and Status fields are available for data record types that also contain the GWSTYPE and GWSSTATUS database fields.

The Import of input help options, for example, from a test system, is equivalent to creating completely new input help options. After importing input help options for the Type field, the display of tabs must therefore be defined again.

Miscellaneous area: Display tabs

If special corporate data record types are created, you can always create these fields for those data record types. To do so, use the Create Type/Status button in the toolbar.

Defining one or two-step input help options

Using the Input help button, you open the Administer type and status window for both the Type and the Status field.

One-level input help options

First, define one or several input help options for the Type field.
Activate the Type-independent option for Status on the right side of the window.

This means that input help options in the Status field are not dependent on the type.

Users can then select the same status for each type.

In this case, you define several input help options for the Status which apply to each Type.

Two-level input help options

First, define an input help option for the Type.
Deactivate the Type-independent option for Status on the right side of the window.
Now, define one or more input help options for the Status which are supposed to apply to the first input help option of the Type.
Repeat these steps for other types and assign other status for each type.

If users now select a Type entry in the Desktop Client, only the entries for the selected Type are displayed in the Status field.

Mandatory fields

Click the Mandatory fields button to open the window of the same name in which you define certain fields as mandatory. When users then select the respective type or status, they will have to complete these fields.

If you have created mandatory fields using Customize column, then these fields will also be shown as activated mandatory fields in the Mandatory fields window. You can only deactivate these mandatory fields by clicking Customize column and deactivating the "Mandatory field" option.