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Prompt Definition

The Prompt Definition button opens a screen to configure the prompts displayed to employees on the input devices when they are entering this transaction. The sequence these prompts appear and valid responses are defined here.

The following is an example of the prompts that will appear to users who are submitting a calendar request via an input device:

Action Buttons

The following buttons are available in the left pane to set up the sequence that the prompts are displayed:

Add

Delete Selected

Revert Number Order

Set Number Order

Depending on the page displayed, the following fields may be available:

Display Delay

Display Text

Maximum Length

Maximum Value

Minimum Value

Name

Number

Prompt Definition Category

Required

Type

The following additional section options are available in the left pane:

General

Display Delay

The number of seconds the prompt will display before the next prompt is displayed.

Display Text

The text that is displayed on the input device, which gives instructions to the employee (e.g. Enter Date, Enter Pay Code, etc.).

Maximum Length

The maximum allowed characters for the prompt response. For example, if this is set to 4, only 4 characters can be entered.

Maximum Value

The largest value accepted as a response to this prompt.

Minimum Value

The smallest value accepted as a response to this prompt.

Name

The code identifying this prompt (e.g. Date, Pay Code, Hours, etc.).

Number

The value to indicate the order the prompts should be displayed to the employees (1 = first, 2 = second, 3 = third, etc.).

The numbers can be updated to change the sequence that the prompts will be displayed.

Prompt Definition Category

The value found in this field is used to determine the data which the prompt is requesting (e.g. Date, Hours, Pay Code, Course, etc.). The valid values for this field are displayed in the drop down menu.

Required

Indicates whether a value is required for this prompt or whether the system can accept an empty field.

Type

Indicates the type of valid values accepted to this prompt (e.g. hour, date, string, number, etc.)