District Defined Page

Screen Type

Code and description identifying the type of district-defined page.

Select:

B - Building
C - Course
CS - Course
D - District
I - Incident
M - Medical
O - Offender
A - Offender Action
P - Plan Area
PT - Program Tracking
SB - Staff Building
SD - Staff District
R - Student
SC - Student Course
T - Student MR Course
SL - Student Staff Course Linking
LT - Testing
V - Victim
W - Witness

Screen Number

The number identifying the page. The screen number must be from 1 to 8999. Integer/4

Description

Title or description of the district-defined page. This field serves as the menu option for the district-defined page. Character/255

Required

Checked if the page must be completed. The checkbox displays only if you selected R - Student as the Screen Type.

List Type

Checked if all fields on the page should display as a single row and if multiple rows can be entered per associated record. For example, select the checkbox if you want to store multiple contacts for each staff member.

Leave the box unchecked if there should only be one screen record per primary record. For example, do not select the checkbox if you want to store one record per student.

The checkbox only displays for the following Screen Types: B - Building, D - District, LT - Testing, R - Student, SB - Staff Building, and SD - Staff District.

• If you need to define business rules for a page, you cannot define the screen as a List Type. Selecting the checkbox disables the Business Rules panel.
• If you selected the R - Student screen type and want to display two columns of data, do not select the List Type checkbox.

Number of Columns

Enter the number of columns for listing fields on the district-defined page:

1 - to display all fields in one column. If you want the screen to display a list-type format, you must select 1.

2 - to display fields in two columns. Fields are displayed in order left to right. For example, field order 1 displays at the top left, field order 2 displays at the top right, field 3 displays on left side of the second row, and so on.

This field displays only if you selected R - Student as the Screen Type. However, selecting the List Type checkbox disables the Number of Columns field, since you cannot have multiple columns with a List Type page.

Package

Select the security package for the resource that users must have to access the page, if any. For example, use REG for Registration or SCHD for Scheduling. An entry here requires entries in the Security Subpackage and Security Feature fields.

Besides system packages, the selections may include state reporting options.

Subpackage

Select the security subpackage for the resource that users must have to access the page, if any. For example, use MAINT for Maintenance. Available only if the Security Package field contains an entry. The selections depend on your entry in the Package field.

You can create a district-defined subpackage and resource if the standard resources do not provide adequate control to determine access for this page. For more information, refer to Add District-Defined Security Resources.

Feature

Specifies the security resource for the resource that users must have to access the page, if any. For example, use PERSONAL for Personal Information page. Available only if the Security Package field contains an entry. The selections depend on your entries in the Package and SubPackage fields.

You can create a district-defined resource if the standard resources do not provide adequate control to determine access for this page. For more information, refer to Add District-Defined Security Resources.

Field Number

Identifies the field. You may use any number from 1 to 32767. You cannot use a number that identifies another district-defined page. Integer/5

Spacing

Allows inserting blank rows on a page. Each row is equivalent to one field. Enter the number of rows you want to insert above the current row, using any number from 1 to 99. Integer/2

Preview

Displays the field's label and a preview of how the field will display on the district-defined page.

Edit

Click Edit to display the fields used to define the field. After editing the field's values, click Apply, then click Save.

To delete a record, select the row's Delete checkbox, then click Save.

Field Number

Identifies the field. You can use any number from 1 to 32767, but you cannot repeat a number. Integer/5

Label

Title of the field. Character/30

Field Type

Indicates how the user enters information for the field. For student pages, you may also select to link the field to another source field so you can consolidate similar data fields onto one district-defined page.

Select:

Checkbox - to display the field as a checkbox. You can use the Default Value checkbox in the Defaults section to specify whether the checkbox should be selected by default.
Dropdown - to display the field as a drop-down list from which users can select a value. The values are specified in the Validation section's Valid Values field. Each value should be separated by a comma, for example, 10,20,30 or Baseball,Football,Soccer.
Input - to display the field as an input field so users can enter text. You also can specify a Table (in the Validation section) from which the user can select a valid value.
Password - to display the field as a password field, which requires users to enter their login passwords.
Table/Column* - to display the value from one of the base Registration tables. When you select this option, two unlabeled fields display next to the Field Type field. Select the table and column that you want to display. When users change the value for the field and save the record, the data for the source table/column is updated.
User Defined* - to display the value from one of the student district-defined pages. When you select this option, two unlabeled fields display next to the Field Type field. Select the district-defined page and column that you want to display. When users change the value for the field and save the record, the data for the source page/column is updated.

*These options are available only if you selected R - Student as the Screen Type.

Required

Checked if the user must enter a value in the field to be able to save the district-defined page.

This field displays only if you selected R - Student as the Screen Type.

Table

Select the table to reference for selecting and validating data.

This field can be accessed only if you selected R - Student as the Screen Type and Table/Column as the Field Type.

Screen

Select the screen that will be referenced when the user enters a value in the field you are defining.

This field displays only if you selected R - Student as the Screen Type and User Defined as the Field Type.

Field

Select the field from the table or user-defined screen that will be referenced when users enter a value in the field you are defining.

This field can be accessed only if you selected R - Student as the Screen Type and either Table/Column or User Defined as the Field Type.

Data Type

Identifies the type of data users can enter in the field you are defining.

Select:

Character - to allow alpha-numeric characters to be entered. With the exception of Success Plan district-defined pages, character fields will automatically size so that all characters will display when printing.

Note

To support the automatic sizing for text boxes, the ENTER key is ignored when text is entered in character fields.

Date - to allow dates to be entered.

Number - to allow numbers to be entered.

This field can be accessed only if you select Input or Password as the Field Type.

Size

Determines the maximum number of characters that can be entered in the field you are defining. You can enter any number from 1 to 255. Character/255

This field can be accessed only if you select Character as the Data Type.

Number Type

Identifies the type of numeric data that can be entered in the field you are defining.


Select:

Decimal - to allow decimal numbers to be entered.


Integer - to allow integers (whole numbers) to be entered.

This field can be accessed only if you select Number as the Data Type.

Precision

Precision is the number of digits in a decimal number. For example, the number 123.45 has a precision of 5.

This field can be accessed only if you select Decimal as the Number Type.

Scale

Scale is the number of digits after the decimal point in a decimal number. For example, the number 123.45 has a precision of 5 and a scale of 2.

This field can be accessed only if you select Decimal as the Number Type.

Default Value

Determines the value that will display by default in the field you are defining.

The value should match the characteristics defined in the Data section. For example, if you selected Character as the Data Type and 8 as the Size, then the default should be in characters and its length should not exceed 8 characters.

• If you selected Checkbox as the Field Type, the Default Value field displays as a checkbox. Select the field if you want the resulting checkbox to be selected by default.
• If you selected Date as the Data Type, you can default today's date to the resulting field by entering the keyword TODAY.

This field cannot be accessed if you select a table in the next field.

Table

The table contains the field that will be used to display a default value in the field you are defining.

This field is not available if you entered a value in the Default Value field.

Field

The field in the table selected stores the default value for the field you are defining.

This field cannot be accessed if you entered a value in the Default Value field.

Valid Values

Lists the values that can be entered when a field's Field Type is Dropdown or Password. Separate each value with a comma and without spaces, for example, Graduate,Registrant,Student.

• If the Required checkbox is not selected, a blank value is provided automatically.
• If a Default Value is not specified, the blank value will display by default.

Table

The table to reference for validating data when the Field Type is Input or Password. When a table and one of its fields are used for validation, users can select from the values stored in the selected field.

Code Field

The field to reference for validating data when the Field Type is Input or Password. The fields available for selection depend on the table identified in the previous field. Users can select from the values stored in the selected field.

Description Field

The description of the Code Field selected. Select the description from the list that displays.

If the table selected stores values by building, such as room or staff, then it is recommended to select the code-related field as the description. District-defined pages do not filter the list of values by building so the list will display the first record it finds if the same code is used for multiple buildings.

Package

Specifies the security package for the resource that users must have to access the field, if any. For example, use REG for Registration or SCHD for Scheduling. An entry here requires entries in the Security Subpackage and Security Feature fields.

Subpackage

Specifies the security subpackage for the resource that users must have to access the field, if any. For example, use MAINT for Maintenance. Available only if the Security Package field contains an entry.

Feature

Specifies the security resource users must have to access the field, if any. For example, use PERSONAL for Personal Information page. Available only if the Security Package field contains an entry.