Orientation to the Project Maintenance Window

The Project Maintenance window is the grid you use to enter project information. You can scroll the window left and right, and up and down. Projects are listed alphabetically by Project ID.

Navigating

You can scroll the display horizontally and vertically, and resize the window. When you scroll the window, MPM displays locator boxes showing the column name when you scroll horizontally, and the row number and Project ID when you scroll vertically.

Special Symbols

If MPM has trouble accessing a project file, it displays an icon in front of the row number. The different icons are described below.

Icon

Description

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Indicates the .HED file cannot be found. Double clicking the icon brings up the Locate Project Files dialog box.

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Indicates the .HED file is locked. Double-clicking the icon tries again to get the file.

Previewing and Printing

You can preview the grid online and print it by clicking the corresponding buttons image\winm0034_wmf.gif in the Toolbar, or by selecting the corresponding commands under the File menu.

Headers and Thresholds

The MPM government-required reports contain data which is not tracked by MPM. You can enter values for the Header, Threshold, Variance, and COM data in the Program Log and/or on the Headers/Thresholds dialog. These values are saved with the project. You can then use the values repeatedly on multiple reports. The values display as the default when requesting reports that use them.

Related Topics

Introduction to Creating a Project

Introduction to the Program Log

Entering Government Report Data