Jim2® Business Engine Help File

On

Choose from CardFile, Job, Project (if licensed), Purchase Order, Quote, RFC or RTV.

when

The dropdown list depends on which On selection is made, and are self explanatory:

Note: If this field is left blank, the watchout will fire for all objects of that type.

for

This dropdown shows options based on what has been chosen in the when field, for example, On Job when Add Stock, for Stock. Choices are CardFile, Item, Project or Stock.

Field with ellipsis [...] at end

The choice here is also based on the selections made earlier. In the example above, this is a stock code selection, so the Stock Select screen will appear.

Active

Tick to make this an active and usable watchout.

Add to Object Comments when fired

The Watchout screen will pop up first.

The information entered in the field below this header will appear in the Comment grid of the object when it is first created, ie. when first creating a job, etc., after the Watchout screen pops up.

Valid from

Choose the date this watchout is to commence.

To

Choose the date this watchout is to finish.

Note area

Enter the information users should see when this watchout fires.