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Explanation of Colours Used in Jim2

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Throughout Jim2 different coloured text and backgrounds are used in various fields. Below is an explanation of these colours:

 

Options

All station level options are coloured blue, whilst global options are coloured black. In the image below, Fast Invoicing is station level. However, in this instance Global for all stations is blue until ticked, then it changes to black.

 

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Lists in general

In the list header, double clicking on the wording at the beginning of the Group field will turn the field green to indicate that group selection is inverted. For example, select stock that is not in these groups.

 

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Active lists are coloured blue. Published lists are underlined and coloured blue.

 

Info

This does not apply to all lists, ie. Email and Documents.

 

Job list background colours

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Column/Row

Colour

Explanation

Job#

Yellow

Stock is on back order.

Cust#

Red

Customer is either on credit hold or payment is overdue.

Full row

Orange

Based on status rules, the job has been on the same status for too long.

 

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The row will change to orange after the period of time set here.

 

Job list text colours

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Green

Job is either still in progress or has been finished but not set to Ready.

Red

Job has been finished and set to Ready, waiting to be invoiced.

Black

Job has been finished and invoiced.

 

Job and purchase stock grid price background colours

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Info

Note: The yellow background in Status indicates there are choices to be made there.

 

Tip

Hover over the coloured fields and Jim2 will pop up an explanation of the colour meaning:

 

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Within the header field of a job, if the Cust# field is pale red, this means that the customer is on credit hold.

 

When adding a job, a warning will pop up and the Cust# field will turn pale red. If the customer is placed on credit hold after jobs have been created, the field will change colour, however no warning will pop up.

 

Price columns

White

Price level is being used (ie. Price Level 1).

Lilac

Contract price level.

Green

Customer-specific price level.

Yellow

Manual/overridden price level.

Mustard

Promotional pricing level.

Orange

Minimum sale price level.

Blue

This is a kit.

Pale Blue

Linked to a purchase order. See Stock Code below – can also be background for special stock.

Red

Stock is back ordered.

Pink

Different price level to that selected in the header.

Dark Pink

Sell price is based on the Contract (Project) Price Level.

Light Grey

If stock is reserved at a line level, the line will turn light grey. If the whole job is reserved, the entire stock grid will turn light grey.

 

Job text colours in advanced warehouse management

Text

Colour

Explanation

Stock Code

Red

This indicates the stock being sold is special stock. It will show the stock code in red and the background of the line in light blue.

B.Ord Column

Red

If the supply quantity does not equal the ordered quantity, figures will be displayed in red.

Supply Column

Green

100% availability.

Black

Indicates the quantity entered can be supplied.

Orange

Indicates less than 100% availability

Red

Indicates that more information is required, ie. users need to click on the ellipsis [...] at the left of the Description field and select (or add) the serial number or attribute(s) relating to that stock.

 

Total $ Amount in Footer of Job or Purchase

The total in the footer will show the actual total based on quantity supplied. Click Total and it will change to green, which will change the total amount to match the quantity ordered.

 

Balance due amount in red indicates that the amount has not been paid.

 

Purchase/expense order list colours

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Background/Text

Colour

Explanation

PO#

Yellow

This indicates the purchase order is linked to a back order on a job that has created the purchase order.

Status

Black

The purchase order is finished.

Green

The purchase order is still in a current state.

Red

Indicates the purchase order is on received and waiting for vendor invoice.

 

Purchase order stock grid colours are the same as job stock grid colours.

 

Info

Note: When auto creating a purchase order, the Supplier and Price Ex. fields may have an orange background colour. This represents a manual cost and vendor override, either manually at job level or via a promotion.

 

Stock procurement colours

When the Qty text colour is red in procurement, this alerts that more than what is required has been ordered based on the procurement setup.

 

Project list colours

Within the State and Next Billed fields, text coloured red means that an action is required on that project, ie. a billing job needs to be generated, etc.

 

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Once billing has been performed, the text will revert to black, ready for the next billing due cycle.

 

Request Sent text is green to indicate that the request has been sent, otherwise the field will be blank.

 

Project templates

templatecolours

 

Colour

Explanation

Yellow

The value is set at the template level.

Red

The value is being inherited from either the project or a higher-level template association.

Green

The value is coming from the default on the cardfile.

Blue

The value is coming from a default source, such as stock code, Item code or logged on user.

White

There is no value, and the job will have no value when created.

 

General information

Within most Jim2 objects, hovering over the Cust#, From#, Ship#, Card Code and other fields within the header will change to a hyperlink and change the colour from black to blue with an underline, showing that it is a hyperlink. Wording with an underlined letter signifies that it is a hyperlink.