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Authorized users create and maintain status types. This includes indicating the format of the type, such as a date, number, or text. You can also set up a status type to provide multiple options from which the user can choose.
Note the following about status types:
The Type column in the settings table indicates the type(s) for which this attribute is appropriate.
In the main menu, click Setup and then click Status Types. The Status Types page opens.
Click Create New Status Type. The Create Status Type page opens.
Select the type (Data Type).
Number
Multi (multiple options)
Text
Saturation Score
NEDOCS Calculation
Date
Under Regions, select what other Regions this new Status Type should also be created in (if applicable per your user setup).
Click Next. The Create Status Type page opens.
Specify the settings for this status type.
Setting | Description | Type |
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Name | Name of the status type (required) | All |
Description | Description of the status type | All |
Formula | Equation that identifies the components and component relationships of calculated status types. (required)
| Calculated |
Active | When selected, indicates this status type is active and available for use; default value is selected active | All |
Event Only | When selected, the type is available for events only Note : If a resource is not going to collect information and report on this status type on a daily basis, set it up as event only by selecting this checkbox. | All |
Status Type Visibility | Indicates the type is potentially visible to users in other regions, is visible to this region's users based on the user's role, or is private; if you make it visible to users in other regions, all roles automatically have view rights and you cannot change these settings | All |
Section | Indicates the status type section in which this type appears within the resource's details page (required); a status type can appear in only one section | All |
Resource Detail View | Select to show this status type in the resource's details view | All |
When updating the status, comments are | Optional, mandatory, or unavailable when updating the status | Number, Text, Saturation Score, NEDOCS Calculation, Date |
Reset Value | Upon expiration, the system resets the status type or retains the value | Number, Text, Saturation Score, NEDOCS Calculation, Date |
Reset Comment | System resets the status comment at each update or retains the comment between updates | All |
Exempt from Must Update | User is not required to update this status, even when the user has the Status - User must update overdue status right | All |
User must update status daily for | Status expires at the indicated time(s) on a daily basis (24-hour format) | All |
Status Update Frequency | Status expires whenever the status changes or at the indicated interval (days / hours / minutes) | Number, Text, Saturation Score, NEDOCS Calculation, Date |
Update Grace Period | Period of time considered to be out of the expiration range (minutes); required, default value is zero) | All |
Status Reason | Reasons from which the user can or must choose when changing this status | Multi |
Timer Type | Enables the display of a counter (down or up) to status expiration in the application window | All |
Reset Timer | System resets the expiration timer when the status changes or when there is an update to the status | Number, Text, Date |
Required | When selected, a blank value is not allowed for this status | Text, Date |
Valid values for this status type | Any entered value is accepted or indicate the valid value range | Number, Date |
Display Summary Totals | When selected, a Summary row appears in views at the bottom of the associated resource type section. A total is shown in this row for all status types with the type Number for which this setting has been enabled. Other status types and other Number status types that do not have this setting enabled show N/A in the Summary row. | Number |
Color Status | Color codes the value based on where it falls in the specified ranges | Number, Saturation Score, NEDOCS Calculation, Calculated |
Display NEDOCS labels | When selected, displays the predefined descriptive label next to the calculated score in the Update Status page, regional views, and maps; clearing this checkbox removes all labels from the view | NEDOCS Calculation |
Select the roles that have view rights to this status type (Roles with view rights).
Tip : If you made the status type visible to users in other regions (Status Type Visibility), all roles in Roles with view rights are automatically selected and you cannot change these settings.
Select the roles that have update rights for this status type (Roles with update rights).
Select one or more Resource Types.
Click Save. The Status Types page re-opens showing your new status type, or if you are creating a new Multi status, the Statuses for (status type) page opens so that you can create the associated statuses.