Defining POD Pushbuttons and Pushbutton Groups

You define the buttons that appear in the POD on the Buttons tab page of POD Maintenance. If you have a large number of buttons you want to make available to operators, you may want to group them together with a button group.

When you use a button group, the POD displays a single button group pushbutton with a label you define. When an operator chooses this pushbutton, the POD displays a list of activities the operator can select from. The operator can then select an activity and choose OK.

Recommendation

Create a separate button group for reports. Use the button groups in the * (default) Standard POD as a model.

End of the recommendation.

Procedure

On the Buttons tab page, define the pushbuttons and pushbutton groups that appear in the POD by inserting new rows in the table.

On the Button Details screen, enter the following data:

Field	Description
Button Sequence	The order in which the activity is executed in the pushbutton The order in which the system executes activities if you associate more than one activity with the same button. For example, you can create two Start pushbutton rows and specify different activities for each. Use the sequence number to control which activity runs first and which runs second when the operator clicks the button. For a pushbutton group: Specifies the order in which the activity appears in the Activity list
Button Type	Determines if the pushbutton is one activity or multiple activities: Normal: The activities are executed together when the pushbutton is used; can have one or more activities defined. Group: The activities are displayed to the user and the user picks the activity they want to execute; will have more than one activity assigned.
Button ID	The internal name for the pushbutton Note The pushbutton ID must be unique. End of the note.
Button Label	Displays a label for the pushbutton in the POD For example, Start and Log NC. For a pushbutton group: Displays the label for the group of activities in the POD If you want your label to be internationalized, you must enter the label in the correct format. For example, to internationalize the Start label, enter `I18N[start.default.BUTTON]. I18N` is an abbreviation for the word internationalization. The text between the brackets is the identifier for the label.
Button Size %	Buttons in the predefined Standard POD are sized to 100%. Blank defaults to 100%. For a pushbutton group: The size of the button group pushbutton. All rows in the button group must have the same size. If you define a pushbutton with a size less than 100%, test the POD to ensure the system displays the button at the size you want. Some operating systems cannot display buttons smaller than 100%. Some systems require a specific text size setting in the Internet Explorer.
Image Icon	Displays a graphic on the button in the POD to help the operator identify what the button does. Appears to the left of the button label. Note that you can change image files for POD pushbuttons. For a pushbutton group: Specifies the graphic that appears on the pushbutton group button. Caution All rows in the pushbutton group must have the same image icon. End of the caution.
Hot Key	The hot key combinations operators can press to run the activity specified on this row For example, in the standard PODs, the Start pushbutton uses `Alt-S` as its hot keys. For a pushbutton group: Specifies the hot key combination for the pushbutton group button. The hot key opens the Activity list. Caution All rows in the pushbutton group must have the same hot key combination. End of the caution.
Start New Button Row	Places this pushbutton on a new row in the POD. Use to make the screen more readable for the operator. Test your POD to make sure the pushbuttons you want in a row fit the user's screen. The system wraps pushbuttons to the next row when they are too wide for the screen.
Enable While Plug-In Is Active	Standard button: Allows the operator to choose the pushbutton while another activity is running. Some POD button activities override this setting and disable all buttons while running. Activities disable pushbuttons when using other pushbuttons could cause operator errors. Suggested use: For SFC Report (`TR500`) or other reports Button group: Allows the operator to choose the pushbutton group button while another activity is running. Once a user runs an activity in the list, the enabling of other buttons works the same as a standard pushbutton. All rows in the button group must have the same setting. Caution Do not include activities in the group that can overwrite what the operator is working on in the lower half of the POD. End of the caution. Suggested use: For reports only

Add one or more activities the system runs when the operator chooses this pushbutton by inserting new rows in the table:

Column	Description
Activity Sequence	The order the activity occurs when the pushbutton is chosen on the POD
Activity ID	The activity ID the system runs when the operator chooses this pushbutton in the POD. For example, to run Serialize, enter `PR550`. The browse lists only POD pushbutton activities. A POD button activity is defined with type Button/Plug-In GUI (.jsp) in Activity Maintenance (see Activity Types). You can also enter an ID of an activity of type Standalone GUI (.jsp). Reports, production activities, and maintenance activities are of type Standalone GUI (.jsp). Browse on the Activity field in Activity Maintenance for a list of IDs. Button group: Specifies the ID of the activity that appears in the Activity list. When the user selects the activity name in the list and chooses OK, the system runs the activity. Caution Do not use the Buttons tab page for hook point activities (see Hook Point Activity). End of the caution.
Refresh Plug-In	Refreshes the display area of the POD plug-in
Clears SFC	Deletes the value in the main input field when the operator chooses the pushbutton. In the Standard PODs, the main input field is the SFC field.
Open in New Screen	Displays GUI information on a new screen instead of the lower half of the POD When selected, you must also select the Is Plug-In checkbox. Select only for activities of type Standalone GUI (.jsp). Deselect for all activities of the type Button/Plug-In GUI (.jsp).
Is Plug-In	Causes the POD to assume the activity outputs GUI information Select for all activities of type Standalone GUI (.jsp), and most activities of type Button/Plug-In GUI (.jsp) such as Serialize (`PR550`). Deselect only for activities such as Start (`PR500`), Complete (`PR510`), Signoff (`PR520`), and Pass (`PR510Q`) that do not output GUI information to the screen.

Save your entries.