Field Types

Open	This field type is a date field. Clicking on the calendar icon to select the date. Users can also type in the date in the MM/DD/YY format. If no year is entered, the current year is assumed.
Open	This field type includes a drop down selection. You can click the down arrow to display the available options. Options can also be typed in directly without selecting from the drop down list. Also note, you can begin to type into the field and then hit the drop down so that the list starts alphabetically from what you have typed in. F4 on your keyboard can also be used instead of the mouse to display the drop down list.
	This field type is a general alphanumeric field.
	You will generally find buttons to perform the most used actions at that screen on the rightmost side. Most screens include Add, Change, Delete and Inquire, but these vary by screen and permission settings. If the button and text are greyed out, this is not an available action for the selection.
	To navigate between fields, you can use Tab on the keyboard or click into the next field using your mouse.
	To continue, or move to the next step, you can use Enter on the keyboard. Some screens may display a  or  button, you can also use your mouse to click these to proceed to the next step.

Screens

The customer search screen is the home page when opening advantage. From here many different functions are available to users. 

List Frames

A screen with display columns is referred to as a list frame. List frames support the ability to customize the fields displayed and the order in which they are displayed.  In addition, you can chose a column to sort by.

Customer Service

Marketing

To customize the columns available, go here.

To sort a column, click on the column header. To switch from ascending to descending view, click on the column header again.

All customizations are saved at the user level. These customizations will remain each time a user visits the screen until the user changes the customizations.

Scripts

Many screens within Advantage offer the ability to setup and use various scripts which control the look and feel of the screen and the field displays. For example, Order Entry, Customer Activity and Customer Search screens have available scripts. For marketing the only screen to make note of the script is the Promotions screen. This should always be NEWADD. 

By default, a screen with scripting will default to no scripts. To set a script on a screen, simply right-click within the list frame on the screen or select the Script button if available and select a script. Once a script is set on a screen, it will always default to that script until the user changes it. For more on changing scripts go here.