Use this screen to execute a process on your workstation. You can run the process immediately or at a future time and date. In addition, you can exit Costpoint automatically after completing the process.
Select the Update Parameters checkbox in the table window to update the saved parameters of functions in the process. With this feature, you can quickly update those saved parameters that change from time to time, such as fiscal year.
Use either Find or Query to search for desired processes. Since no data is stored to the database from this screen, the New, Delete, and Save menus and pushbuttons are inactive.
You should first enter information into the Maintain Process Groups and Maintain Processes screens.
Use Find or Query to select a process; its process ID will display in this non-editable field.
This non-editable field displays the description associated with the selected Process ID.
This non-editable field displays the process group code.
This non-editable text box displays comments associated with the selected process.
Select this radio button to execute the process on your workstation immediately after selecting the Execute pushbutton.
Select this radio button to execute the process at a future time and date on your workstation. The workstation will remain locked until the process finishes executing or you select the Cancel pushbutton in the Process Controller screen (this is the screen that displays when a queue entry is being executed).
In the first field to the right, enter the time that you want the process to execute. (Use the regional format displayed above this field. In an English (United States) regional format, use the standard hh:mm:ss AM/PM format where hh = hour, mm = minutes, and ss = seconds.) This field will be available only if you select the Start Time/Date radio button.
In the second field to the right, enter the date that you want the process to execute. (Use the regional format displayed above this field. In an English (United States) regional format, use the standard MM/dd/yyyy format where MM = month, dd = day, and yyyy = year.) This field will be available only if you select the Start Time/Date radio button.
Select this checkbox to exit Costpoint when the process is complete.
This column displays the module associated with a particular Costpoint function that is a part of the process to be executed.
This column displays the descriptive name of the module.
This column displays the Costpoint functions that are run when the process is executed.
This column displays the descriptive name of the function.
Select this checkbox to indicate whether the saved parameters for a function need to be updated. The default value is unchecked. When you select this checkbox, the function is loaded and the saved parameters are displayed. Once the function is loaded, you can change and save any parameters. When the process is executed, the system will use the latest parameter settings.
This column displays the identifier used to look up parameters that have been previously stored for a Costpoint function. Stored parameters provide the selection criteria for Costpoint functions included in the process.
This column displays the description of the Parameters ID.
Select this pushbutton to start the Process Controller screen, which executes the process immediately on your workstation if you selected the Now radio button, or locks the workstation until a future time and date if you selected the Start Time/Date radio button.
You must have rights to all of the Costpoint functions that make up the process you are trying to execute. If you do not have full rights to a function or the function has been set up with "read only" rights, you will receive an error message when you attempt to run the process.
The following tables store data and/or the settings from this screen:
PROCESS_FUNC_PARM
PROCESS_HDR