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Contents of the Manage Standard Text Screen

Use the fields and options to configure the Manage Standard Text screen.

Identification

Field Description
Project

Enter, or click to select, a valid project to which you want to assign standard text. The unlabeled field to the right displays the name of the selected project.

Standard Text Codes

This table window displays the text codes and descriptions available for selection. You must set up text codes in Costpoint Product Definition or Purchasing before they appear in this table. To view the available selections, use the arrows to scroll through the table window.

Field Description
Text Code

This field displays the standard text code.

Rev

This field displays the revision of the standard text code.

Description

This field displays the description of the standard text code/revision.

Select

When you have highlighted the codes for the specific project, click the Select button to transfer them to the Standard Text table window.

Standard Text

This table window displays the text codes that were selected for a project. After you select a code, its default status (the Autoload check box) is selected, but you can modify it.

Field Description
Text Code

This field displays the selected standard text code. For a new row, enter, or click to select, the standard text code that you want to assign to the selected project.

Rev

This field displays the revision of the selected standard text code. For a new row, enter, or click to select, the revision of the standard text code.

Description

This field displays the description of the selected standard text code/revision.

Autoload

This check box is selected by default, but you can modify it. Keep it selected to activate the text code/revision for autoloading purposes (that is, the text code/revision will load into the Line Text subtask, available in various applications, when you click the Autoload button on that subtask).

Text Active

If selected, this check box indicates that the standard text code/revision combination is currently active.

For new rows, you will not be able to enter a text code/revision that is inactive. For previously saved rows, if Text Active is not selected, the Autoload check box remains unchanged, but you will not be able to use these rows in new records in downstream applications (for example, PO line texts) regardless of the Autoload check box setting.

Subtask

Subtask Description
Where-Used Click this link to activate a subtask displaying where the text codes can be used.