Working with Page Controls

This section provides information about page controls and how to use them in the Trade Services system. This topic includes the Working with the Navigation Bar and Working with Fields and Controls.

Working with Page Controls

Working with the Navigation Bar

At the top of each primary page is a navigation bar that allows you to navigate to all other areas of the system and perform other system-wide tasks, such as logging out, returning to the home page, or displaying system-wide help.

See the navigation bar.

The fields and controls contained in the navigation bar are described below. One or more of the buttons on the navigation bar may not be available, depending on your security rights.

Field/Control	Description
	Logs you out of the Trade Services system.
	Displays the Messages area of the system.
	Displays the Instruments area of the system.
	Displays the Reports area of the system.
	Displays the Reference Data area of the system.
	Pressing this button causes the @GlobalTrade Export document preparation application to be launched in a new browser window.
	Displays the Subsidiary Access area of the system.
	Displays the Subsidiary Access area of the user’s corporate organisation.
	Displays the Home page of the system.
	Displays the Help Home page, which provides access to system-wide online help.

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Working with Page Controls

Working with Fields and Controls

Fields and controls appear on every page in the system, allowing you to enter, modify, or process data controlled by the system. There are many different types of fields and controls, and most of them will be familiar to you if you have worked with other web- or Windows-based applications.

On every page in the system required fields or controls are indicated by a red asterisk (*). These fields/controls must be completed, or the current process will be rejected due to insufficient data.

The table below lists each general type of field and control you will encounter in the system. Fields and controls specific to a certain type of page are described in the topics listed in Related Topics below. In addition, online help for a page or a section of a page (accessible by pressing the icon from the page or section) provides a description of each field and control that is specific to the page.

Field/Control	Example	Description
Navigation button		A button that displays an area of the system, such as the Instruments or Messages area. See Working with the Navigation Bar, above, for a description of each navigation button.
Tab		Click on a tab to display a different page in a functional area.
Action button		A button that you press to perform an action on an item, such as Create Transaction, Save, Verify, or Authorise.
Hypertext link	Issue Shipment	A text link that you press to display a page (or a section of a page) in the system. For example, you can click on an instrument hypertext link in the Pending Transactions page to display the Instrument Summary page; you can click on the Shipment link on the Issue Import Letter of Credit page to display the Shipment section of the transaction page.
Text area	See examples of text areas.	A box into which you type text in order to complete a field, such as a name, address, or an amount. The number of characters allowed in each text area indicated in the help for each page. A text area can also be a multi-line text box, or extended text area, into which you can type lines of text that wrap. Extended text areas often allow you to add one or more phrases from a drop-down list of phrases stored in the system. In an extended text area, you can use your ENTER key to insert a line break when you want to start a new paragraph.
Drop-down list		A list from which you select an item to complete a data field. For example, to complete the Country field on a transaction page, you click on the arrow on the right side of the drop-down list to display a list of valid countries, then you select a country from the list.
Date field		A grouping of three controls in which you specify a day, month, and year. In the day portion, you select the numbered day (1-31); from the month control, you select the month (January, February, and so on), and from the year control, you select the year (2001, 2002, and so on). If you do not select a valid day for the month and year you select, an error message displays in the messages and warnings area after you save or verify the item.
Option button	See an example of an option button grouping.	A grouping of two or more options from which you select only one item. To select an option in a group of option buttons, you click on the round button to the left of the option button label so that it is filled. For example, to specify ___ options on a transaction page, you select either the ___, ___, or ___ option button in the ___ section.
Checkbox	Not selected: Selected:	A field that toggles between a selected and cleared state. To select a checkbox field, you click on the box to the left of the field label so that an checkmark appears in the checkbox box. To clear the a checkbox field, you click on the box again so that the checkmark disappears from the checkbox.