User's Manual

Changing Data
Introduction
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Introduction
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Overview
• Data in the Tag ID Database
• Data in the Test Results Database
• Data in the Test Equipment Database
• Data in the Procedure Database
• Field Types
• Field Status Messages
Overview
There are a number of issues surrounding the editing of data. For organizational
purposes, we have broken down these issues into their respective databases.
Helpful information may also be found within the numerous examples presented
throughout this manual.
Generally speaking, database fields follow the rules and stipulations of data entry
per their field type. Except for security concerns (discussed later), this is really
about all you need to know for most fields. There are certain other fields, however,
that are special in their functionality; perhaps they control the available choices
within other fields, or maybe they dictate the appearance/removal of other fields
from the form. We’ll discuss these special fields within the appropriate database
sections that follow.
With respect to relationships, DPC/TRACK provides the tools and architecture
necessary for you to build your information structure as needed. Initially, this
structure is based on the data you provide when adding records. (See Chapter 6,
“Creating & Deleting.”) Thereafter, you may alter your structure to reflect
changes in your plant. Such changes are made within the Change screen. (We’ll
discuss this screen as it applies within each of the databases.)