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''Location in standard build:'' '''''accessed by clicking the "Edit Fields" button on the [[Customise Orgs & People]] page'''''
 
''Location in standard build:'' '''''accessed by clicking the "Edit Fields" button on the [[Customise Orgs & People]] page'''''
  
The Customise Field Settings page allows you to control which fields appear on Organisation/People "Details" pages.
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The Customise Field Settings page allows you to control which fields appear on Organisation/People "Details" pages, and also where those fields appear.
  
  
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For example, as standard the Client Details screen has various fields on the "General Details" tab, and various fields on the "Personal Details" tab. The Customisable Tab Settings page lets you control whether fields appear at all, and which of these two tabs each field appears on. In addition, you can control whether each field is to be available as a search field.
 
 
Clicking on the Customisable Tab Settings menu item ('''Administration > Security > Customisable Tab Settings''') will bring you to a page with a tab for each organisation/person type on your system.
 
 
 
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You can now select the type of organisation/person you want to work on (Client shown).
 
 
 
==Options for fields==
 
  
 
===Showing/hiding fields===
 
===Showing/hiding fields===
  
For each field in the system, the first drop-down box gives the following options -
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* The "Show On Screen?" drop-down allows you to choose whether a field should be displayed, and if displayed, on which tab.
 
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* The "Display Order On Screen" column allows you to control the order of fields. The bigger the Display Order number, the lower that option will go (think of it like a weighting for each option - heavier ones sink to the bottom, lighter ones rise to the top).
* Show On General Tab
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* The "System Search" column allows you to choose whether a field should be one of the ones that you can filter the main search for that Type by. For example, if you want to be able to search the list of Clients for all clients in a certain Postal District, then the "Search Fields" check box should be ticked for the Postal District line.
* Show On Personal Tab
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* The "Results Fields" column is reserved for future use. A future release will include the capability to decide which pieces of information should be shown on the search results list.
* Show On Work Details Tab
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* Show On Risk Assessment Tab
 
* Hide
 
 
 
Using these options, you can reconfigure how the various tabs appear.
 
 
 
 
 
===Display Order On Screen===
 
 
 
Options with a larger display order number will be displayed below options with smaller numbers. Think of the number as a "weight" - options with a bigger weight sink to the bottom, options with a smaller weight rise to the top. By using this option you can rearrange the fields on each tab to suit your needs.
 
 
 
 
 
===Search Field?===
 
 
 
Any fields that have this option ticked will appear on the search page for that organisation/person type. Removing fields you don't need makes the search page easier for users.
 
  
  
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Revision as of 13:09, 10 February 2017

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Location in standard build: accessed by clicking the "Edit Fields" button on the Customise Orgs & People page

The Customise Field Settings page allows you to control which fields appear on Organisation/People "Details" pages, and also where those fields appear.




Showing/hiding fields

  • The "Show On Screen?" drop-down allows you to choose whether a field should be displayed, and if displayed, on which tab.
  • The "Display Order On Screen" column allows you to control the order of fields. The bigger the Display Order number, the lower that option will go (think of it like a weighting for each option - heavier ones sink to the bottom, lighter ones rise to the top).
  • The "System Search" column allows you to choose whether a field should be one of the ones that you can filter the main search for that Type by. For example, if you want to be able to search the list of Clients for all clients in a certain Postal District, then the "Search Fields" check box should be ticked for the Postal District line.
  • The "Results Fields" column is reserved for future use. A future release will include the capability to decide which pieces of information should be shown on the search results list.


Access control

By moving fields from one tab to another, and controlling whether the users can view personal tabs, you can hide certain groups of details (for example, you might wish to hide staff address details) from users.

The image below shows the address fields, moved to the Personal Details tab.


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Reducing visible fields, to make the screens easier on the eye for the end user

If you are not using certain fields, why not hide them? By hiding unused fields, end users are only presented with the ones that they need, making the display simpler.

The image below shows the General Details tab, with all but a minimum of fields removed.


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Rob Kay - manual author (talk) 13:09, 10 February 2017 (GMT)

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