This is an administrative level program. Use it to set up defaults for each terminal, especially screen colors and special key functions.
For more information how to use maintenances, refer to the following topics:
How to use file maintenance programs
FACTS maintains several of the fields found on the main screen during live processing.
*. Terminal Code
This field is display only. Using the environment variables (SSI_BASE) created during installation, FACTS assigns permanent terminal codes to users as they initially sign into FACTS (e.g., T1, T10, T11, T22). Say you have four FACTS users: John, Marianne, Sean and Kathy, each about to sign into FACTS for the first time.
John starts a FACTS session. The system finds his SSI_BASE value and assigns the terminal code T1. His SSI_BASE value appears in Terminal F/M in Description (displays in all caps) and Base (displays as entered). T1 is now permanently assigned to John until John is deleted from the system.
John immediately starts a second session and the system assigns the terminal code T2, also permanently assigned to John.
Next Marianne starts a FACTS session. The system finds her SSI_BASE value and assigns terminal code T3.
Sean signs on and the system assigns the terminal code T4. Then Kathy signs on and gets the terminal code T5.
If Marianne starts another FACTS session, the system assigns the next available terminal code – T6
Each user can sign in up to nine times, which means every user can run up to nine FACTS sessions at once. As a result, each user can potentially have nine terminal codes permanently assigned to them. The only way the terminal code can be separated from the user is by deleting the user from the system via User Code F/M.
Users cannot create or edit terminal codes from this program. Terminal codes are only created as each user sign into the system.
2. Description
The system automatically creates a terminal description for the select code from the SSI_BASE value created during installation. You can modify this description if you choose. The descriptions can be 25 characters long.
*. Base
The system also automatically creates the base from the SSI_BASE value, which is an environment variable set during installation. You cannot edit values for existing records from this program. For new records you can enter a base ID only in this field, See the Installation Manual for more information about setting SSI_BASE.
4. Clippership Workstation
If Clippership is not installed on your system, skip this input. This flag enables you to set the selected terminal as the Clippership Workstation. This identifies the terminal as the lone workstation using Clippership in the Single-Workstation processing mode, which gives the user working on this terminal the ability to perform FACTS Confirmation and Clippership shipping simultaneously.
This feature is useful when one FACTS user performs Confirmation and Shipping duties for a company.
Make sure this flag is set to Y for each of the terminal codes assigned to the user who performs confirmation and shipping tasks. Set this flag to N for all other terminal codes.
To access the Keys tab, enter K at the selection field and press Enter.
The inputs on the Terminal F/Ms Keys tab enable administrators to set up specific special function keys, which become keyboard shortcuts to these functions. These keys are specific to each terminal. The terminal code appears at the top of this screen so that administrators can see which terminal they are configuring without having to switch back to the main screen.
Administrators: When you’re setting special function keys in this program, remember that each user may have been assigned more than one terminal code.
Map navigational and other special function keys (page up, page down, arrows, Report Writer, etc.) in the ProvideX keyboard mapping utility. For more information about this feature and general instructions on mapping keys in ProvideX, see Chapter 2 in the Installation Manual.
To set the following keys: Press the key or key sequence that should serve as the keyboard shortcut for each function. Once you press the key or key combination, the hex code that represents that keystroke will appear to the right of the input. Press the Tab key once and enter a description of this key or key sequence (up to six characters). For example, if you set the hotkey for Print Screen to be the combination of the Control and X keys, enter "Ctrl+X" as the description.
2. Help
Press the key or key sequence that should fire the character on-line help system on this terminal. The on-line help system in integrated into FACTS. This key does not open the FACTS PDF Documentation Library or the graphical version of On-line Help. Graphical users: Select Help-->Contents & Index from the menu.
3. Print Screen
Press the key or key sequence that should give users the capability to perform a screen print on this terminal.
4. Calculator
Press the key or key sequence that should open the on-line calculator on this terminal. This hotkey only works inside FACTS programs, not in the menu system.
5. Calendar
Press the key or key sequence that should open the on-line calendar on this terminal. This hotkey only works inside FACTS programs, not in the menu system.
6. SO Quick Look
Press the key or key sequence that should run the Quick Look feature in character Sales Order Entry programs on this terminal.
For Quick Look functionality in the graphical interface, use the Sync feature in:
7. Catalog CD
Press the key or key sequence that should open the catalog CD for electronic price updates on this terminal. If you don’t use electronic price updates, you can leave this blank.
8. Cash Drawer
Press the key or key sequence that opens the cash drawer on this terminal. If you don’t use the Cash Drawer system in the Sales Orders module, skip this field.
To access the Colors tab, enter C at the selection field and press Enter.
The terminal code appears at the top of the screen so administrators can see which terminal they are working on at a glance.
Foreground and background colors can be modified for menus, general programs, help routines, searches, inquiries, messages and window borders.
To modify colors: Select a line number. Review the options in the pop-up window that appears and enter the number corresponding to the desired color combination (1-128).
Press Enter. Back at the Colors tab, select another line number if you wish to edit more colors. As with special function keys, users can have more than one terminal code assigned to them. To make their color combinations consistent from session to session, remember to set the same colors for every terminal code assigned to a user.