Use this program to enter, change or delete general messages.
To run this program, you must be set up in the Employee F/M program. You can view general messages in the Message Viewing/Disposition program.
The General Message Entry screen consists of two sections. The upper portion of the screen is called the header. This is where you enter the message number and employee, etc. The lower portion is called the line-item entry, where you can enter each line of the message.
Use these fields to enter general message header information.
2. From Employee
The program automatically uses the employee code that belongs to the person entering the message. If the message you are entering a message for another employee, enter that person’s employee code. Press F2 to search for employees. Press F3 to search for messages.
3. Regarding
Enter the message’s general subject. This entry can be up to 30 characters long. Enter at least one character.
4. Reply Required
Select the check box to designate that a reply is required. Enter defaults to not selected.
5. Message
Enter your message. Each line can be up to 70 characters long. The program automatically assigns the message line numbers.
6. Send to Employee/Group
Select to send the message to an Employee or Group of employees.
7. Employee/Group
Enter employee code for individual or the group code for the employee group receiving the message. If the program does not accept the code, the user needs to be set up in Employee F/M or the user group needs to be set up in Group Code F/M (OAF960).
In the browser in the lower portion of the screen, FACTS;displays all of the Employee codes and names that have been selected to receive the message. You can select from the following options:
Stop adding employees or groups to receive the message.
Add an employee or employee group.
Delete the highlighted employee or employee group.
Press Done to end the General Message Entry program and Done again to exit.