To use a map

A map is a view that helps you to browse effortlessly through sessions related to your project. It gives you overview, and detail at the same time on where you are and what steps you need to take to administrate the project. You can start a map from the menu browser or from a session. A map displays a Project project in a structure of elements, activities, or extensions. LN will display either a session or a map according to what you entered in one of the following sessions:

  • The Map/Session Options by User (tppdm0102m000) session. Use this session to set the options for each module.
  • The User Profiles (tppdm0101s000) session. Use this session to set the defaults for Project.

If you did not enter any options or defaults in these two sessions and you double click a session in the menu browser, LN will by default start a session.

However, if you entered options in the User Profiles (tppdm0101s000) session, you can see one of the following options:

  • Open a map in the menu browser.
  • Open a session in the menu browser, and then open the corresponding map.
  • Open a session and a map in the menu browser.

From each option, you can switch to one of the other options. What type of structure you see depends on the entered values in the Map/Session Options by User (tppdm0102m000) session. If you click the map open, you can, for example, see the:

  • Project.
  • Element structure.
  • Activity structure.
  • Extension list and so on.

How to use the map? Enter a map by double clicking a session in the menu browser, now the map or the session starts (On the Specific menu choose Map) and you see the structure you chose. The following menu options of the map session are important:

File menu To fully open the tree structure click Open All or double click a node. The Font option enables you to change the font setting.

View menu In the View menu go to one of the other structures by clicking on the structure type. In some maps, the user can see extra information, such as the Code Description and Code Description - Status Cost Control.

Specific menu This menu has a standard subdivision:

  • The general map sessions.
  • The synchronize sessions.
  • The other related sessions. Therefore, if the map is called Commitments, the sessions on the Specific menu will be about Commitments for the various cost types, and the map will also contain all related sessions. If you double-click a session, you can also go to the map that belongs to that session.