Description of the Menu Hierarchies
From Metis Documentation
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== Sections == | == Sections == | ||
| - | + | In this sub-menu, the user can add, delete, edit and preview sections which are the building parts of hierarchies. Sections are used as an organizational tool in Metis; they can contain both positions and sub-sections. Sub-subsections are an optional organizational level found below sections and can also contain positions. Therefore, a section can have both free potions and positions found under a sub-section. While it is optional to include sub-sections in a section, a position must be part of a section. Sections, together with sub-sections and positions serve to make up hierarchies. | |
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| + | Sections are found throughout both Metis Smart Modeling and Metis Smart Quotes. In Metis Smart Modeling we find sections by going to the Hierarchies menu, then in the Hierarchies sub-menu. Once in the sub-menu, adding or editing an existing hierarchy opens a window where the contents of the hierarchy can be changed. Sections can be added using the '''Add Section''' button, as well as adding sub-sections to sections and positions to both sections and sub-sections. In the window that opens when clicking on '''Add Section''', all the available sections will be listed, some having a lock icon in front of them meaning that they were created in the parent version. | ||
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| + | In Smart Quotes, sections can be found through the Prices menu by selecting a system and clicking on the Edit Material List button. A window opens where the system is listed at the top with all the sections and positions belonging to it found below. | ||
| + | Here the user may alter the material list by adding sections, sub-sections and positions to the system. The sections and positions shown in the bottom right corner are directly related to which hierarchy group and hierarchy is selected. | ||
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| + | Adding a section or position is done simply by double clicking on it. Once added, sections and positions can then be moved using the up and down arrows found in the middle of the window. | ||
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| + | On the left-hand side of the window, a '''Search''' feature is found. The '''Search''' feature for sections contains the following search criteria: | ||
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| + | *Version: Here the user must define which version they would like to search in. | ||
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| + | *Section: Here the user enters characters of the section they would like to find. | ||
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| + | When the user is ready, the '''Search''' can be launched with the results appearing in the section below. | ||
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=== Creating a Section === | === Creating a Section === | ||