User's Manual

Creating & Deleting
Creating Records
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During Manual Testing
Before saving the Test Results record, select the Equipment tab to enter your
Test Equipment information. Select the Select... button and use the qualified
suggestion lists to choose the desired Test Equipment, then choose Add to add the
equipment to your array.) You may create new Test Equipment records on the
spot via the New... button on this screen. See Example 2.5.
Within the Test Equipment Database
To create a new record within the Test Equipment database while within that
database (after having done a search via the Test Equipment button on the Main
Menu), simply select the New... button. Enter values within the Manufacturer
and Serial Number fields (and others), then select the Create button to return to
the previous screen.
Creating Procedure Records
Procedure records store procedural information associated with a test setup, such
as testpoints, setup messages, etc. A Procedure record serves as a convenient way
to house and call upon commonly used test setup procedure information, so as not
to have to recreate it each time you are setting up the same type of test.
Each record in the Procedure database may be related to many different Tag ID
records. So, even though a Procedure record is created via the Test Procedure
form for a particular Tag ID, you don’t have to apply the new procedure to this
Tag ID. Since Procedure records are linked to Tag ID records (via the Test
Procedure form), the ability to create a new Procedure record in this same area is
logical; although it may not seem so within the limited scope of simply adding a
Procedure record. It is important to note that when you create a Procedure record,
you are creating a permanent
record that cannot be deleted from the database.
However, since Procedure records may be renamed and edited, they don’t have to
remain as they were originally created. For information on renaming and editing
Procedure records, see Chapter 7, “Changing Data”.