GLOBAL HELP MENU

The table below describes Costpoint Global Help Menu functions. Not all menu and toolbar functions are available for all features. Unavailable functions are shaded.

Help Menu

Function

Help (SHIFT+F1)

This option displays the Table of Contents for the complete Help for Costpoint.

About Costpoint

The View Help About screen provides information about your Costpoint system, displayed in the following sections:

  • General Information — This section displays the version number for the current Costpoint version, plus System, Company, and Validation Frequency information.

  • Open Applications — Click this subtask link to view a table that lists currently active applications, their application IDs, and screen customization and extensibility unit status.

  • Transactional DB Patches — Click this subtask link to display a table list of transactional database patches for the current version of Costpoint. The table includes information on version numbers and the dates on which the patches were applied.

  • Administrative DB Patches — Click this subtask link to display a table list of administrative database patches for the current version of Costpoint. The table includes information on version numbers and the dates on which the patches were applied.

  • Metadata DB Patches — Click this subtask link to display a table list of metadata database patches for the current version of Costpoint. The table includes information on version numbers and the dates on which the patches were applied.

  • Customized Labels — The Customized Labels subtask displays the customized labels, if any, that have been entered on the Manage Standard Label Customizations screen. You can use the Manage Standard Label Customizations screen to change how certain standard labels display in Costpoint. For example, if you change Customer to Client, Client displays in place of Customer on screens and reports throughout Costpoint.

For more information, review the documentation for the Manage Standard Label Customizations screen.

Menu Map — C/S To Web

Click this menu option to display a table (in PDF format) that lists Costpoint Client/Server applications and their locations in both Costpoint Web and Costpoint 7.

Menu Map — Web To C/S

Click this menu option to display a table (in PDF format) that lists Costpoint Web applications and their locations in both Costpoint Client/Server and Costpoint 7.

Help

You can access Help for functions throughout Costpoint when you click Help on the Global Menu.

When you click Help for a currently displayed function, Costpoint displays online help for that particular function. If the current screen is a subtask, Costpoint loads online help for the main screen. If there is no active screen, Costpoint loads Table of Contents help for the current module.

Initial releases of new versions of Costpoint may not feature direct links to help for functions. When the direct link is not yet available, click Help on the toolbar to display Table of Contents help for the current module. From the Table of Contents, you can select Help topics for the current function.