Use this screen to customize additional data elements to classify engineering change notices (ECNs). You can use user-defined labels to enter and track more information about your ECNs. These data elements will be available on the Manage Engineering Change Notices screen, where you can add, modify, or view the values for these User-Defined Labels. The user-defined fields will also be available for printing on the ECN Traveler and the ECN History Report.
These labels are optional and are completed for any selected ECN through the User-Defined Info screen. You can also use this screen to set up validated text and labels so that you can control what is entered into the user-defined fields. Validated text labels allow use of the Lookup function and can be created in either of the following ways:
Select the Validated Text check box and use the Validated Text subtask to customize the information you and your users will view when using the Lookup function in the User-Defined Labels screen.
Clear the Validated Text column and click 
in the Costpoint Validation Field column to select the Costpoint data table column that will be used for the Lookup function in the User-Defined Info screen.
You must set up the labels or validated text for user-defined fields here before they are available in the User-Defined Info screen. Although you can set them up at any time, for more complete ECN information, you should set them up before you enter any ECNs.
Enter the sequence in which you want the labels to appear. For example, if you want to have a label called Engineering Department Manager appear first, give it a sequence number of 1. Two rows cannot have the same sequence number; if they do, you cannot save this screen. New rows are automatically incremented by 10, allowing for insertion of additional rows at a later time. To insert a new row, select the New Line button on the toolbar.
From the drop-down, select the data type allowed on the User-Defined Info screen. Valid options are:
Date — to allow entry of only a date.
Numeric — to allow entry of only a number.
Text — to allow entry of alphanumeric text.
Only Text data types will be allowed if you select the Validated Text check box.
Enter the row heading, up to 20 alphanumeric characters. This label displays in the User-Defined Info screen, and you can assign values to your selected ECN.
Enter a short help description, up to 120 alphanumeric characters, that you want to display at the bottom of the screen. This is the on-screen help field that displays when you enter data into the User-Defined Info screen.
Enter, click to select, a column of an already existing Costpoint data table. The items in this column are used as a Lookup source in the User-Defined Info screen. You cannot use the Validated Text option when this column is active.
Select this check box to restrict entries made for this label to specific alphanumeric text. Use the Validated Text subtask to create these text items and their descriptions. These text items will be available for user lookup in the User-Defined Info screen. You cannot make an entry in the Costpoint Validation Field if this check box is selected.
Select this check box if this user-defined information will be a required field for this ECN on the User-Defined Info screen.
Select this check box to print this label's value on reports that can print user-defined labels.
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Select this button to open the Validated Task subtask for the current record. This subtask allows you to set up valid values. For example: The label might be Engineering Rating and the valid values could be A+, A, and B. The Validated Text subtask is accessible only for those rows that have the Validated Text column selected. |