Optimizing a process through Quick Flow

To enable Quick Flow for a menu option in a session:

  1. Verify whether the option is enabled for Quick Flow. Complete these steps:
    1. Start the session concerned.
    2. Open the menu that contains the menu option.
    3. Move the mouse pointer over the menu option. If the option is enabled for Quick Flow, a grey flash (lightning) icon is displayed behind the menu option. This means that no default settings are saved yet. The dialog that belongs to the selected option will not be suppressed.
    If the menu option is enabled for Quick Flow, proceed with the next step.
  2. Save defaults for the menu option. Complete these steps:
    1. Select the menu option. The corresponding dialog is displayed.
    2. Specify your default settings in the dialog.
    3. Click the following button in the dialog and select Save Defaults.
    4. Close the dialog.
  3. Move the mouse pointer over the menu option again and click the flash icon. The color of the icon changes to black. Quick flow is now active for the menu option.
  4. Test the result. Complete these steps:
    1. Select one or more records in the session's grid.
    2. Select the menu option for which you activated Quick Flow. The corresponding settings dialog is skipped.

Example

The Print menu in the Adjustment Orders (whinh5120m000) session contains the Adjustment Orders option. When you select this option, the Print Adjustment Orders (whinh5420m000) session starts. This session has multiple tabs, where you must select a device and specify selection ranges and various options for the report. You want to use Quick Flow to skip these tabs, so that the report is printed directly.

To suppress the tabs of the Print Adjustment Orders (whinh5420m000) session, you complete these steps:

  1. Start the Adjustment Orders (whinh5120m000) session.
  2. Move the mouse pointer over the Adjustment Orders option in the session's Print menu. A grey flash (lightning) icon is displayed. This indicates that the menu option is enabled for Quick Flow.
  3. Select the Adjustment Orders option in the Print menu. The Print Adjustment Orders (whinh5420m000) session starts. In this session, complete these steps:
    1. In the session's tabs, specify your default settings, such as a device, selection ranges, and other options.
    2. Click this button:

    3. Select Save Defaults.
  4. Move the mouse pointer over the Adjustment Orders option again and click the flash icon. The color of the icon changes to black. Quick flow is now active for the Adjustment Orders option.
  5. Return to the Adjustment Orders (whinh5120m000) session. Select one or more records in the session's grid and, on the Print menu, select Adjustment Orders. The Adjustment Orders report is printed directly.