Dynamic Menus
Definition
Training Management
has seven dynamic menus. They are dynamic in the sense that data you create in one menu is automatically updated in the other menus. This data is immediately accessible and ready for editing.
There is a dynamic menu for each of the major function areas:
The dynamic course menu where you create and change courses and manage resources.
The dynamic participation menu , where you carry out all booking activities, handle manual correspondence, and request correspondence reports.
The dynamic information menu where you can request all of the standard reports for courses, participation, and resources.
The dynamic planning menu where you can plan and schedule the required number of courses based on the demand that exists for them.
The dynamic tool menu where you can maintain multiple infotypes at the same time and translate the objects used in
Training Management
.The dynamic resource menu where you can manage the resources and resource types used in
Training Management
.The master data catalog where you can create and change the objects of
Training Management
in a clearly structured environment, and create relationships with existing objects.
Use
The data-driven menus provide you with an alternative means of creating and maintaining objects in
Training Management.
They give you direct access to the individual functions of the application, displaying all of the objects required for editing.
What is special about the dynamic menu concept is that it lets you access and execute all of the
Training Management
functions in the hierarchically structured course catalog. Data maintained in one dynamic menu is immediately updated and accessible in all of the other dynamic menus.
The structured interface of the dynamic menus allow simple and intuitive access to the extensive functions of
Training Management.
They ensure that data maintenance and administration is swift, efficient, and easy.
Structure
A dynamic menu might be structured something like this:
Depending on what menu you are working in, the objects that can be edited are structured hierarchically, such as, the course hierarchy in the course menu, the information menu, and the participation menu
,
which includes course dates and participants (as illustrated in the graphic).
The core functions for editing and displaying objects are available in icon form in the function bar:
Choose
to call the enhanced search function for objects in the dynamic menu structure.
The
Extended search function
lets you search for all of the objects that exist in the dynamic menu structure, such as course types, courses, participants, resources, and resource types (in the
dynamic resource menu
and
master data catalog
). To do so, you simply enter a search string. It is not necessary to expand the structure for this purpose.
There are additional search options for some objects.
You can search for course types using the most important objects related with them or using the descriptive text (stored in the
Description
infotype). You can also search for course types using the search criteria such as the target group at which a course is aimed, or qualifications that it imparts (see graphic).You can perform a participant type-specific search for participants; for example, you can search for customers that are booked for courses.
You can perform an object type-specific search for resources. For example, you can search specifically for external instructors in the
master data catalog.
If the search finds multiple objects, these are displayed in a dialog box for selection. Once you have selected an object, or if the search only finds one object, the structure is drilled down to the object concerned with the cursor positioned on it.
Choose
to go to the data screen of an object selected by the cursor.
Choose
to display all of the objects underlying a selected object. The subtree is expanded.
Choose
to collapse the subtree underlying a selected object again.
Choose
to set an initial point of access, with immediate effect. When you do so, the display only includes objects underlying the selected course group or course type.
Choose
to display the overall hierarchical structure, regardless of whether you have set a point of access or not.
Choose
to delete the initial access setting again.
Choose
to update the display once you have made changes to object data.
Choose
to change the
user-specific settings
. In addition, you can configure general settings for the display and editing of objects and specific settings for the individual dynamic menus (such as a specific planning period for the
dynamic planning menu
).
See also: