User's Manual

DPC/TRACK
Users Manual
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11. We won’t edit any more data for right now. We just wanted to illustrate some
of the nuances you may experience when editing data. Select the Main Menu
button to return to the Main Menu.
To edit data within most of the fields within your databases, simply click within
the field box, and type in the value of your choice. There are, of course, a few
special exceptions to this, which we leave to Chapter 7, “Changing Data.”
With Respect to Tag IDs and Serial Numbers
As mentioned earlier, DPC/TRACK uses the Tag ID field as the primary field to
track information within the Tag ID database. With this in mind, all Tag ID
records must have a value in the Tag ID field, even if the record represents a
device that is currently not installed at any given location. In such a case, you may
want to employ some special naming convention for the Tag ID field (such as
including the letters “SN”) to indicate that the record really represents a device not
currently installed at any given location.
Example 2.9: Renaming a Tag ID
Note
Key User or Admin security rights are required in order to work
through this example.
In this example, we’ll change the Tag ID field value within the SAMPLETAG2
sample record. After working through this example, you may want to have the
Admin rebuild the sample records to ensure that other personnel have access to the
correct sample records.
1. Select the Tags/Instruments button on the Main Menu to access the
Instrument Search screen.
2. Type “SAMPLETAG2” in the Tag ID field, then select the Search button.
The resultant record is displayed using the Instrument View form.
3. Select the Change... button, then click on the Rename... button within the
Tag ID area of the subsequent screen. The Rename Tag ID screen appears.
4. Enter the new Tag ID field value in the field provided (we’ll use the name
NewTag1) and select OK.
5. Select the Done button. The Instrument View screen reappears, now
containing the revised Tag ID field value.
6. Select the Main Menu button to return to the Main Menu.
You no longer have a Tag ID record for SAMPLETAG2. This information
(including any associated Test Results) is now a part of the NewTag1 record.
Note that this same interface is also used when renaming a Serial Number. For
more information, see Chapter 7, “Changing Data”.