Contents of the Create Pool Links Screen

Use the fields and options to configure the Create Pool Links screen.

Identification

Use the fields in this block to create a new parameter ID or to retrieve a previously saved parameter ID. A parameter ID represents a set of screen selection parameters. After you have saved a parameter ID and its related parameters, you can retrieve them using Query.

You can use the retrieved parameters to produce reports and run processes more efficiently and with greater consistency. The saved parameters are also useful and necessary when you want to run the process as part of a batch job. Many users save a unique set of parameters for each different way they run a report or process. When you select a previously saved parameter ID or parameter description, the associated saved screen selection parameters automatically display as selection defaults. The page setup and print options, if there are any, are also included in the saved parameter ID. You can change any of the associated selection defaults as necessary.

Field	Description
Parameter ID	Enter, or click to select, a parameter ID of up to 15 alphanumeric characters. Choose characters for your parameter ID that help identify the type of selections you made on the screen, such as PERIOD or QUARTERLY. When you save your record, all the selections made on the screen are stored with the parameter ID. Later, you can retrieve the parameter using Query. You can use the parameter to run the process more efficiently because you can select the parameter ID with its previously defined screen selections. After the default selections display on the screen, you can override the defaults.
Description	Enter, or click to select, a parameter description of up to 30 alphanumeric characters.

Selection Ranges

Allocation Group Number

Use this group box to select the allocation for which you want to create pool links.

Field	Description
Option	This field always displays One.
Start	Enter, or click to select, a valid allocation group number. This is a required field. The adjacent field displays the description of the selected allocation group.

Fiscal Year

Field	Description
Option	This field always displays One.
Start	Enter, or click to select, a valid fiscal year for which the pool links are created. This is a required field.

Pool

Use the fields in this group box to limit the pools for which you are creating links.

Field	Description
Option	Use this drop-down list to select the range of pools for which you want to create pool links. Valid options are: All One Range From Beginning To End
Start	Enter, or click to select, the starting pool for which you want to create pool links. If you select All or From Beginning in the Option field, this field is inactive.
End	Enter, or click to select, the ending pool for which you want to create pool links. If you select All, One, or To End in the Option field, this field is inactive.

Options

Include

To create any pool/account/organization links, you must select at least one of the check boxes in this group box.

Field	Description
Pool Cost Accounts	Select this check box to create the pool cost account/organization combinations.
Pool Base Accounts	Select this check box to create the pool base account/organization combinations.
Active Account/Orgs Only	Select this check box to link only active account/org combinations.

Process

Field	Description
All Cost Pools	Select this option to create the pool cost and pool base for all cost pools.
Modified Cost Pools Only	Select this option to create the pool cost and pool base only for those cost pools that were modified since the last time this screen was run. When you run this screen for ALL pools, Costpoint updates the Last Create Pool Links Run Date field on the Pools tab of the Configure Project Settings screen. This date is used as a reference point to determine which rows to process.
Create Error Report	Select this check box to print a report of invalid account/org combinations in the wildcard tables.
Create Links	Click to create pool links. Note: If an account/org combination is not found in the ORG_ACCT table, Costpoint displays a soft warning. Click to print or view an error report.