Menu bar in sessions

The menu bar of a session contains command buttons and menu buttons.

In various sessions, records are displayed per group. In those sessions, the buttons to navigate between groups are displayed at the top of the session. The buttons to navigate between records in the same group are displayed directly above the grid.

Note: In sessions with a grid, a check box with a down arrow button is displayed above the grid. Use this check box, and the options in the down arrow button's menu, to select or unselect all records in the grid.

This table shows the buttons that can be present in a session:

Button Description Shortcut key

Save changes and exit

Save the changes made to the record and close the session. e

This table shows the buttons that can be present in a session: Save

Save the changes made to the record. s

Revert to saved

Discard the changes made to the record. z

New

Add a new record. c

Duplicate

Create a copy of a record. d

Delete

Delete the selected record. Del

Refresh

Show the current record data. u

Print

Print a report.

Depending on LN Tools parameter settings, a down arrow may be displayed next to this button. Click this down arrow to view the available print sessions.

If no down arrow is displayed, select Actions > Print to view the available print sessions.

In the list of available print sessions, the default print session is indicated by a blue dot. This session is started when you click the Print button.

p

Search

Starts the Search session, which you can use to specify search criteria to find a record. You can only specify search criteria for fields that are currently visible.

Depending on LN Tools parameter settings, a down arrow may be displayed next to this button. Click this down arrow to view the available search indices.

If no down arrow is displayed, select Views > Sort by to view the available search indices.

In the list of available search indices,the active search index is indicated by a blue dot. This index is used when you click the Search button.

f

Excel

Performs an export to MS Excel, based on the default export mechanism that is specified in your general export settings.

Depending on LN Tools parameter settings, a down arrow may be displayed next to this button. Click this down arrow to view the available Excel-related sessions.

If no down arrow is displayed, select Actions > Export and Import to view the available Excel-related sessions.

In the list of available Excel-related sessions, the default export option is indicated by a blue dot. This option is performed when you click the Excel button.

N/a

Edit Text

Starts the Text Editor.

This functionality is only available if Tools solution 1604255 or later is installed on the LN server. For earlier Tools versions, you can start the Text Editor from the References menu.

t

First record(s)

Jump to the first record(s). Home

Previous record(s)

Jump to the previous record(s). Page Up

Next record(s)

Jump to the next record(s). Page Down

Last record(s)

Jump to the last record(s). End

New View

Create or find a group of records that all have the same value for one or for a few specific fields. These fields are displayed at the top of the session. You can zoom to the appropriate session to select the group record. To add new records to a group, press Ctrl+N or click New. N/a

Copy records from one view to another

Copy a range of records from the current group to another group.

After clicking this button, complete these steps:

  1. Select the first record to be copied.
  2. Select the last record to be copied.
  3. Specify the group to which the records must be copied.
N/a

Show the records of the first group. First View N/a

Previous View

Show the records of the previous group. Shift+Page Up

Next View

Show the records of the next group. Shift+Page Down

Last View

Show the records of the last group. N/a

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Create Bookmark

Note: This button is available if the session was started directly from the LN menu. This button is not available if the session was started from another session.

If you click this button, the Add to Bookmarks dialog box is displayed. Use this dialog box to create one or more bookmarks for the currently selected rows.

You can add the bookmarks to a new or existing group and specify a title for the bookmarks.

You can access the created bookmarks from your landing page.

If multiple rows were selected, the Add to Bookmarks dialog box contains the First View Create Separate Bookmarks check box:

  • If this check box is selected, an individual bookmark is created for each of the selected rows. If you click such a bookmark, the session opens with only the relevant row.
  • If this check box is cleared, a single bookmark is created for all selected rows. If you click this bookmark, the session opens with all rows that were selected when you created the bookmark.
b

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Create Favorite

Note: This button is available if the session was started directly from the LN menu. This button is not available if the session was started from another session.

This button creates a favorite item that you can access from the LN UI home page.

N/a
Views Contains standard commands for LN sessions.

See the "Basic Tasks" section in the Infor Web Help.

N/a
References Contains commands that are specific to the current session. These commands usually start related sessions and special functions. N/a
Actions Contains standard commands for LN sessions and commands that are specific to the current session. The session-specific commands usually start related sessions and special functions. N/a

Help

Shows the online help for the current session.

The button's menu includes these commands:

  • Properties (Ctrl+Shift+8)

    Shows the session properties.

  • Help on the current session (h)
h

Opens a menu with commands to personalize the session, define conditional formatting, define customer defined fields, etc. N/a
Note: 
  • The shortcut keys only work in the command mode.
  • The menu bar can contain additional pull-down menus that are specific to the current session.