2: Setting Up Entities In Ei; The Command And Control Screen Navigation - Process Data Control COMPASS-EI User Manual

CHAPTER 2: SETTING UP ENTITIES IN EI

2.1 The Command and Control Screen Navigation

The design of EI is unique, in that all operations are launched from a Command and Control
(C&C) screen. (See Figure
clicked on from the COMPASS folder. When the C&C screen is accessed, all related database
tables are opened up, which speeds up later retrievals and updates to the database.
The C&C screen provides fast retrievals of lists and data entry screens. Adding or changing a
database element is never more than three mouse clicks away, starting from the C&C screen.
There are two additional levels of EI screen navigation beyond the C&C screen:
1. List screen; and
2. Detail or data entry screen.
When users double-click on an item in the appropriate window on the C&C screen (a technique
commonly referred to as "drill down") a List screen appears. The List screen includes command
buttons at the bottom of the screen that provide additional functions, such as Add, Delete, Edit,
Return (to the C&C screen), etc. Clicking in the gray area of a window brings up a data entry
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2.1) This C&C screen is accessed when the EI program icon is
Figure 2.1
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