Executive Inquiry Panels are free floating screens of Dashboard renderings for specified branches/departments and chart settings. Executive Inquiry Panels can be launched to operate independently of the Executive Inquiry program. Panels can be re-sized and placed anywhere on your computer screen. Based on your settings FACTS re-uses the size location and information displayed in each Panel of dashboard renderings.
You can launch Panels from the Executive Inquiry program by selecting Chart>Launch Panel to allow the selected Panel of Dashboards to free float independently of the Executive Inquiry screen. You can launch an unlimited number of Dashboard panels and configure each Dashboard view independently.
Note that the Panel settings are entirely based on settings in Company Code F/M and User Code F/M. If you are using Executive Inquiry, it is not advisable to allow multiple users use the same FACTS user code. This is not a problem for a user to temporarily sign in on a different client.
If a panel is set to auto launch, and it launches when you sign in, then the user closes that panel, it will not auto launch again until and unless that user signs out of all of their FACTS windows then signs in again. If any FACTS windows remain open, the auto launch will not happen.
Menu Options
The following menu options are available Panels in Executive Inquiry.
File>Exit option allows you to close the panel.
The Preferences menu option allows you to enter the branch, department and chart settings for the dashboard panel. You can select to auto-launch the Executive Inquiry dashboard panel when you log on to FACTS.
The Chart>Show/Hide option displays the Chart selection for Panel screen, which allows you to show, remove or redisplay a dashboard on a panel.
Settings—Accesses the Panel Settings screen, which is used enter a panel title, select the branches/departments, and launch and display settings for the Panel.
Launch Panel—Allows the selected Panel of Dashboards to free float independently of the Executive Inquiry screen. You can launch an unlimited number of Dashboard panels and configure each Dashboard view independently.