Viewing Work Order Assignee Records

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You view work order assignee records with Coding Definitions | Work Orders | Work Order Assignees. The window contains the following:

View section: Shows the list of current records.

Contact: Click this heading to sort the list by assignee name. Click again to reverse the order (from ascending to descending or vice versa).

Contact Business Phone: Click this heading to sort the list by business phone number. Click again to reverse the order.

Contact Mobile Phone: Click this heading to sort the list by mobile phone number. Click again to reverse the order.

Number Draft: Click this heading to sort the list by the number of draft work orders associated with the assignees. Click again to reverse the order.

Number Open: Click this heading to sort the list by the number of open work orders associated with the assignees. Click again to reverse the order.

Apply Filter: Lets you set up a filter to select which records should be shown in the table. For more information, see Table Filters.

New Work Order Assignee: Opens a window to create a new work order assignee record. Fields in the new record will either be blank or assigned default values (as specified in the Defaults for Work Order Assignees section).

Edit: This drop-down button offers several possible actions:

Edit: Opens an editor window to let you edit the selected record.

View: Opens an editor window where you can examine the selected record.

Delete: Deletes the record that's currently selected.

Print: Opens a window to let you print your work order assignee records. For more information, see Printing Work Order Assignee Records.

Export: Lets you export data from this table or import data from a file (provided that the file is in an acceptable format). For more information, see Importing and Exporting Data in Tables.

The button has an accompanying drop-down list containing the following:

Export: Exports data in XML format.

Import: Imports data from a properly formatted file.

Save XML Schema: Writes an XML schema for this table into a specified file.

Search: Lets you search through the list of records for a particular record. For more information, see Searching for a Particular Record. The Search button has an accompanying drop-down list containing the following:

Find Next: Uses the same search condition(s) as your most recent search and finds the next record in the table that matches the condition(s). If the search reaches the end of the table without finding a matching record, it goes to the start of the table and continues the search.

Find Previous: Same as Find Next except that it goes backward in the table. If the search reaches the start of the table without finding a matching record, it goes to the end of the table and continues the search.

Refresh: Updates the list to reflect any recent changes.

Defaults for Work Order Assignees section: Shows any defaults to be used when creating new work order assignee records.

Edit Defaults: Opens a window to let you change the displayed default values.

Refresh: Updates the list to reflect any recent changes.

For more information on work order assignee records, see Work Order Assignees. For how to create or edit such records, see Editing Work Order Assignee Records. For general information on table viewers, see Using Table Viewers.

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