Selector

Selectors define a set of criteria based on which a standard is selected. Selectors are used by data processing to select an appropriate standard to apply to an assignment task. The options in the Selector screen are available depending on the user privileges.

To access the selector screen:

1. Log in to ProTrack Warehouse.

2. Select Selector under the Standards menu. The Selector screen appears.
   
   
   ^{Fig.1 Selector}

    

   Selector Field Descriptions

   Field	Description
   Selector Name	Type the selector name, which can be alphanumeric (Combination of Alphabets and Numbers).
   Standard	Provide a unique alphanumeric standard ID by clicking .
   Rank	Type a rank by which the selector will be processed in the data processing module. This is a numeric field.
   Field Name	Type the Field Name of the WMS import field.
   Field Value	Type the Alphanumeric value for the field.

   ^{Table 1. Selector Field Descriptions}

Adding Selectors

To add a new selector:

1. Type a unique Selector Name and click  to select the Standard ID. The screen Select Standard ID appears with Standard Name and Standard ID list.
   
   
   ^{Fig.2 Selector - Search Standard}

    

2. To assign a standard to the new selector, click the selected standard ID link. The selected standard ID is updated in the Standard field in the Selector screen.

3. To assign fields to the selector, click the 'Select Field' link. The Select Fields screen appears with a list of existing Field Names.
   
   
   <sup>Fig.3 Selector - Select Field
   
   
   Fig.4 Selector - Selecting Fields</sup>

    

4. Select the Select check box of the fields from the list.
5. Click , the selected fields will be listed in the ‘Selector Fields’ section of the Selector screen.
6. To assign a field value, type the field values for the corresponding field names.

7. Click  to save the selector with the field details.

   Info

   • If you do not want to assign the selected fields, select the Delete check box of individual fields.
   • Activity ID is the only mandatory field condition.
   • The comparison is looking for an exact “case sensitive” match when alpha characters are used.
   • When more than one selector field is selected, then all conditions must return true or the selector will not apply. The “and” is implied between conditions.

Searching Selectors

To search for particular standards:

1. Click  in the Selector screen and the Search Selector screen appears.
   
   
   ^{Fig.5 Selector - Searching Selectors}

    

2. Type either Selector Name or click  and select the standard ID or activity ID.

   Tips

   • To list Selectors with names starting with a particular character, enter the character into the field. For example, to search selectors starting with the character 'C', enter 'C' in the Selector Name to list selectors with names starting with C.
   • If no search criteria are specified all the selectors will be listed in the 'Selectors Search Results' section.

3. Click  in the Search Selector screen. The records for the selected criteria are listed in the ‘Selector Search Results’ section of the Selector screen.
   
   
   ^{Fig.6 Selector - Search Results}

    

Viewing & Editing Selectors

To view and edit the selectors:

1. Search and list the selectors you want to view or edit in the ‘Selector Search Results’ section.
2. Click the selected selector name link from the ‘Selector Search Results’ section. The details of the selectors appear in the corresponding fields in the Selector screen.
3. Change the value of the fields, if required. If you want to add fields, click 'Select Fields' link.

4. Click  to save the changes.
   
   

   Tips

   • If you have made the changes in the fields and do not want to save the details, click before you save the changes.
   • If you want to add a selector at this point, click to clear the fields and to bring the screen to add mode.
   • These changes will only be applied to assignments worked after the changes have been made, unless on the Daily Inquiry screen is invoked.
   • Selector rank can only be edited through the database.

   
   
   

Deleting A Selector

To delete a selector:

1. Search for the selector that will be deleted.
2. Select the check box to the left of the Selector Name from the 'Selector Search Results' section.
   
   
   ^{Fig.7 Selector - Deleting A Selector}
    
3. Click  to delete the selector.