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Global Line Menu

The Global Line Menu contains options to add, delete, and undelete lines. Options under the Line menu are only available at the table window level. If the options are not available, it is usually because no table window is present on the screen.

The table below describes Global Line Menu functions for Costpoint and includes available shortcut keystrokes. Note that not all menu and toolbar functions are available for all features.

Menu Option Function
New Record (F2) Select New Record from the Line menu to create a new line at the end of a table window for input of new data. Use this function when beginning work with any table window. Most transaction screens require this to begin the "line" portion of the input.

Click to open this feature from the Application Toolbar.

Copy Record (CTRL+E) Select Copy Record to duplicate a line.
Copy Data to Insert into Excel Select this option to copy the line to Microsoft Excel.
Copy Data to Paste into New Record(s) Select this option to copy the line as another parent record.
Paste Data Select this option if you just copied a line and want to paste it as a new line.
Delete Record (CTRL+DEL) Select Delete Record from the Line menu to designate deletion of a specified line of data from a table window. An displays in this box and indicates that the next time you save your data, the row will be deleted.

Click to use this feature from the Application Toolbar.

Undelete Record (CTRL+DEL) Select Undelete Record from the Line menu to reverse the previous menu option. For example, with table window lines, you can remove the designation for deleting a particular line. This removes the from the far left column.

Click to use this feature from the Application Toolbar.

Note that the Undelete Record option appears only when an actual record has been deleted.

Toggle Row Selection (SHIFT+F7) Use this option to select or deselect a row on an active screen.
Force Object Validation (CTRL+ALT+V) Use this option to validate the current field. Costpoint validates data for business logic at either the server or browser level, depending on the complexity of the calculation.

This option is necessary only in Record and Application validation frequency modes.

Force Line Validation (ALT+SHIFT+V) Use this option to validate the current record. Costpoint validates data for business logic at either the server or browser level, depending on the complexity of the calculation.

This option is necessary only for the Application validation frequency mode.