Procedure documentationCopying Work Environments, Views, and Variants

 

The copy function provides the easiest means of copying work environments, variants (function variants, selection variants, layouts), and views. You can use the copy function in three variations:

  • Copy Work Environment Without Views and Variants

    Here you assign the views and variants which were assigned to work environment originally selected, to the new work environment. You should use this method if wish to quickly distribute the defined view to all care units and outpatient clinics.

  • Copy Work Environment and View Without Variants

    Here the system will only use the variants in the new views. It recreates the views and work environments.

  • Copy Work Environment, Views, and Variants

Prerequisites

You access the function for copying work environments, variants and views by choosing the Manage Work Environments function. See the prerequisites described in Manage Work Environments.

You should note that although this copy function makes it easier to create work environments, views and variants, it becomes more difficult to maintain them.

Note Note

You will often need to modify function variants. This will require you to rename functions in the function bar, add new functions to function variants, and so on. If your system contains many function variants, you will need to modify them all in order to ensure uniform function descriptions. If you reuse function variants, you only need to make the changes in one function variant.

End of the note.

If you copy work environments or views including variants, the system copies the name of the new work environment or view into the description of the variant, to simplify maintenance. This means you can differentiate between the new variants and the original variants.

Procedure

  1. Call the clinical work station.

    For information about this, see Calling Clinical Work Station/Care Unit Work Station and Calling Outpatient Clinic Work Station/Service Facility Work Station, for example.

  2. Choose Start of the navigation path Settings Next navigation step Manage Work Environments End of the navigation path.

    For detailed information about this, see Manage Work Environments.

  3. Place the cursor on the work environment you wish to copy.

  4. Select one of the following radio buttons in the resulting dialog box:

    • Copy Work Environment Without Views and Variants

    • Copy Work Environment and View Without Variants

    • Copy Work Environment, Views, and Variants

    Give a name to the new work environment.

  5. Choose Continue (Continue).

Result

The system creates the copy in relation to the criteria you specified.