Viewing Units of Measure

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You view units of measure with Coding Definitions | Units of Measure. The window contains the following:

View section: Shows the list of current units of measure.

Code: Click this heading to sort the list by code. Click again to reverse the order (from ascending to descending or vice versa).

Description: Click this heading to sort the list by description. Click again to reverse the order.

Enable Filter: Lets you set up a filter to select which records should be shown in the table. For more information, see Table Filters.

Details section: Shows information from the selected record.

Items section: Shows inventory items that use the selected unit of measure.

Meter Classes section: Shows meter classes that use the selected unit of measure.

New Unit of Measure: Opens a window to create a new unit of measure record. Fields in the new record will either be blank or assigned default values (as specified in the Defaults for Unit of Measure section).

Edit/View/Restore: This drop-down button offers several possible actions:

Edit: Opens an editor window to let you edit the selected record.

View: Opens an editor window where you can examine the selected record.

Restore: Restores a deleted record. This button is only active if the viewer is in All mode and if you've selected a deleted record. When you click Restore, MainBoss will open a window that lets you examine the contents of the deleted record. If you save the record and close the window, the record will be restored to the Active list.

Delete: Deletes the record that's currently selected.

Print: Opens a window to let you print information about your units of measure. For more, see Printing Units of Measure.

Refresh: Updates the list to reflect any recent changes.

Search: Lets you search through the list of records for a particular record. For more information, see Searching for a Particular Record. The Search button has an accompanying drop-down list containing the following:

Find Next: Uses the same search condition(s) as your most recent search and finds the next record in the table that matches the condition(s). If the search reaches the end of the table without finding a matching record, it goes to the start of the table and continues the search.

Find Previous: Same as Find Next except that it goes backward in the table. If the search reaches the start of the table without finding a matching record, it goes to the end of the table and continues the search.

Defaults for Unit of Measure section: Shows any defaults to be used when creating new units of measure.

Edit Defaults: Opens a window to let you change the displayed default values.

Refresh: Updates the list to reflect any recent changes.

For more information on units of measure, see Units of Measure. For more information on creating or editing unit of measure records, see Editing Units of Measure. For general information on table viewers, see Using Table Viewers.

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