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Most reports and processes in the client/server version of Costpoint allow you to select ranges of data to limit the scope of records to be included in a report or process.
The typically available system-defined options include:
All - Use this selection to choose all available records in a database table. You do not enter either a "starting" or "ending" value.
One - If you select this option, you must choose one of the available records in a database table by entering a value in the Start field.
Range - If you select this option, you must choose a specific range of records in a database table by entering both a Start and End value.
From Beginning - If you select this option, you must define a range of records from the beginning of a database table to a selected ending record, and you must enter an End value.
To End - If you select this option, you must define a range of records from a selected beginning record to the end of the database table, and you must enter a Start value.
In Costpoint web, the same options are also available, but the screen presentation is different. In the form view, all range options for a given application are listed vertically in a separate Selection Ranges block. Additionally, this block contains other screen variables that are used by the system to determine which records must be reported or processed, even if the "standard" range options do not apply.
For visual consistency, the range option block will always display, even if you do not have the ability to select a range option. For instance, if you are running a report against a single fiscal year, as in the example below, the range option will be set to "One" and disabled in the Option column, and the Fiscal Year field will display in the Start column.
In the client/server version of Costpoint, you can select non-contiguous/non-sequential ranges of data for the same entity in a significant number of reports and processes. You enable this feature by selecting a List Mode checkbox next to the selection range option. Applications with this functionality display a multi-line text box with two pushbuttons that you use to add or remove individual ranges from the List Box. When you execute the report or process, records that meet at least one of the specified selection ranges are included in the report/process.
In Costpoint web, the List Mode checkbox has been renamed Non-Contiguous Range and displays to the right of the appropriate selection range End value. If you select this checkbox, the system will ignore the selection range for this entity in the main result set. You can click on the Non-Contiguous Ranges subtask link at the bottom of the screen to enter the desired selection range options for the report/process. The non-contiguous selection range options are similar to the standard selection range options, with the exception that the "All" range option is not allowed.
Note that applications permit you to add, maintain, and save non-contiguous range option records, even if you have not selected the Non-Contiguous Range checkbox. If you do not select the checkbox, however, the non-contiguous range options will be ignored during report/process execution.
