Set Options for Reports and Inquiries

Use Program Options Maintenance (XROPT) to set options for report and inquiry programs by user, branch, or enterprise, set options for the Price Lookup (PLU) program, and create a list of reports that a user can access by clicking the Reports button on a menu screen. See Road Map for work flow.

You can perform these functions only if you are a master user; if you are not, you can set, change, and delete your own options.

The program displays these fields:

Field Name	Displays
Prgm name	The program that has options set
Program title	The program title (i.e., the descriptive name of the program)
Login branch	The login branch to which these options apply
User	The user for these options; if blank, options apply to all users at this branch
Option name	The name assigned to this option set
Report description	The description entered for this report to be displayed by the My Reports Menu (RPTMNU) program
Changed by	The user who last changed the options
Date/time	The date and time the last change was made
Version	The PowerShift version that was installed when the last change was made
Release	The PowerShift release level that was installed when the last change was made
Build	The PowerShift build that was installed when the last change was made

Choose the appropriate options:

To	Do This
Add a set of options	Click Add. See step 2.
Delete a set of options	Highlight the line and click Delete. See Delete. Note You can delete another user's options only if your User type in the User Maintenance (UIM) program is Master.
Display or change a set of options	Highlight the line and click Select or double click the line.
Print the list of program options	Click Print. See Print.
Add the selected report to a user's list of reports	Click User list. See Create a List of Reports for a User.
Add the selected report to a job stream	Click Job stream. Note This button is only displayed when you are setting up a job stream. See Create or Change a Job Stream.
Exit the program	Click Exit.

Enter data in these fields:

Field Name	Type / Max Length	Action / Description
Program name	Required 8 alphanumeric	Enter the name of the program for which you want to set user options or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the program from a list.
Login branch	Optional 4 alphanumeric	Select the branch for which you want to set these options or leave blank to set the same options regardless of branch.
User ID	Optional 5 alphanumeric	Select the user for which you want to set these options or leave blank to set the same options for all users of this program.
Option name	Optional 8 alphanumeric	Enter a name to identify this set of options. For example, you might save three sets of options for the Inventory Valuation Report: ONHAND, FS and TRANSIT to provide separate valuations of on hand, floor stock, and in-transit inventory.

After you enter Option name, the Runtime, Sort, Selection, and/or Program options tabs for the program you selected are displayed.

Enter or select the options that you want to set for this program. For Runtime, Sort, and Selection options, see Set Options for Reports and Inquiries. For Program options, press F1 to display the program's help topic.
Click OK to apply and save the selected options or click Cancel to exit with applying them.

Note
The Save button is not available. When you click OK, the options you set are saved.