Viewing Service Contracts

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You view service contracts with Coding Definitions | Units | Service Contracts. The window contains the following:

View section: Shows the list of current service contracts.

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.

Vendor: Click this heading to sort the list by vendor. Click again to reverse the order.

Contract Number: Click this heading to sort the list by contract number. Click again to reverse the order.

Apply 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 details from the selected record.

Units section: Shows units covered by the selected service contract. For more about units, see Units.

New Service Contract: Opens a window to create a new service contract record. Fields in the new record will either be blank or assigned default values (as specified in the Defaults for Service Contracts section).

: 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.

: Deletes the record that's currently selected.

: Opens a window to let you print information about your service contracts. For more, see Printing Service Contracts.

: Lets you search through the list of records for a particular record. For more information, see Searching for a Particular Record. The 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.

: Updates the list to reflect any recent changes.

Defaults for Service Contracts section: Shows any defaults to be used when creating new service contracts.

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

: Updates the list to reflect any recent changes.

For more information on service contracts, see Service Contracts. For more information on creating or editing service contract records, see Editing Service Contracts. For general information on table viewers, see Using Table Viewers.

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