General Message Entry (OAE220) field descriptions

How to

Use these fields to enter messages.

1. 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

Specify the message’s general subject. This entry can be up to 30 characters long. Specify at least one character.

4. Reply Required

 Select the check box to designate that a reply is required. Press Enter to default to not selected.

5. Message

Specify 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

Specify employee code or the group code for the employee group receiving the message. If the program does not accept the code, it 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 these 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.