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Quantum VS Help: Finder |
You may use the Finder to:
show details of your Ancillary Costing records;
locate a specific Ancillary Costing record; and
open a Ancillary Costing record for viewing/editing.
Note: Rather than using your mouse, it is possible to use your keyboard to activate the required record type in the Finder, browse records in the Finder, then open the record in a new tab or add it to an open document. See Using Keyboard Shortcuts With The Finder.
To show Ancillary Costing records in the Finder:
From the Home tab: under search, select Ancillary Costings.
Or: Use the search section in the Mega Menu to select Ancillary Costings.
Or: From the main menu: select Edit > Search, then select Ancillary Costings.
Or: In the Finder: click the 'down' arrow on the Search... button and select Ancillary Costings from the menu.
Your Ancillary Costing records will be listed in the Finder. For example:
For further details and column definitions see Ancillary Costing Maintenance.
Note: You may change the sequence of records displayed - see Changing The Search Sequence.
If more than one page of records is displayed in the Finder you may click the blue arrow keys on the Finder Toolbar to scroll through pages of records and/or enter/select a page number. For example, entering 40 will show the 40th page of results. See Browsing Records in The Finder.
To open the required record from the Finder, either:
Click the Product hyperlink of the record you wish to open.
Or: Right-click on the line of the record, then select the View... option.
The record will open in a new tab. For further details see Ancillary Costing Maintenance.
You may wish to alter the sequence in which the records are displayed in the Finder. To do this:
1. Click Advanced on the Finder Toolbar.
2. The Search menu shows the current order in which records are displayed. To change the sequence, select an alternative option from the menu.
Ancillary Costing records have the following Search sequence options:
Type Code: Display Ancillary Costing records (and search results) in Type Code number order.
You may also change the sort order by selecting either A to Z or Z to A.
3. Click the Search (magnifying glass) icon 
on the Finder toolbar. The records will be re-sequenced.
To find a specific record without having to browse through pages of records:
1. Type an appropriate search term into the search field on the Finder Toolbar.
The search term you enter should relate to the Search option selected - see above. For example, if the Search option is Type Code then enter all or part of the Type Code.
Note: You may click the down arrow within the search field to view and select a recent search.
2. Click the search (magnifying glass) icon on the Finder toolbar.
The records will be re-sequenced in the Finder, with the nearest matching record displayed at the top.
You may use filters to control which records are displayed in the Finder. To filter Ancillary Costing records:
1. Click Advanced on the Finder Toolbar.
2. By default, all Ancillary Costing records are shown (i.e. all of the Cost Type fields are checked). To reduce the number of results you may uncheck the following fields:
Cost Type:
All: Show all Ancillary Costing record Cost Types
Product: Show Ancillary Costing records of Cost Type 'Product'.
Price Group: Show Ancillary Costing records of Cost Type 'Price Group'.
Product Group: Show Ancillary Costing records of Cost Type 'Product Group'.
Major Group: Show Ancillary Costing records of Cost Type 'Product Major Group'.
Analysis 1: Show Ancillary Costing records of Cost Type 'Analysis 1'.
Analysis 2: Show Ancillary Costing records of Cost Type 'Analysis 2'.
Analysis 3: Show Ancillary Costing records of Cost Type 'Analysis 3'.
Supplier: Show Ancillary Costing records of Cost Type 'Supplier'.
3. Click the search (magnifying glass) icon on the Finder toolbar.
The selected records will be displayed in the Finder.
Note: To list all records again: check the All field(s) then click the search (magnifying glass) icon on the Finder toolbar.
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