Contextual toolbar added to grids

A contextual toolbar is now applied to all grids in Distribution SX.e. The otherwise hidden toolbar is displayed when one or more rows in the grid is selected. The toolbar shows the number of rows that you have selected on one or more pages of the grid. It also includes buttons that you can use to apply actions to the selected rows.

Some of the buttons in the contextual toolbar were previously included in the static toolbar above the grid. These include Edit, Cancel, Copy, Print, Export to Excel, and Delete. Other buttons are actions that were previously available in drop-down menus. For example, Ship, Ship All:Auto Receive WTs, Cancel Ship Work, and Cartonization were previously included in the Actions drop-down menu in Transfer Shipping Entry. Those actions are now available as individual buttons. Similar changes were made in the Product Administration Exception Center, PD Mass Maintenance Entry, RS Activity Administration, and other functions.

The static toolbar is still displayed above the grid. It now typically includes a search field for the grid and the More ... menu, which provides access to the export function, filter function, and row height selection. The static toolbar also includes buttons that are not dependent on record selection, such as New button.

The buttons on contextual toolbars are available for edit using Personalization. The contextual toolbar was also added to the WYSIWYG designer that is part of the Extension Enablement Toolkit for developers. The contextual toolbar and the static toolbar are included as part of a grid.

The Extension Enablement Toolkit is part of the standard product, but requires an advanced understanding of CSS and JavaScript to fully utilize it. We recommend that you engage Infor Consulting Services to either learn how to use the Extension Enablement Toolkit, or to have their developers use it to extend Distribution SX.e for your business requirements.