Accessing a Form
Tree Menu
The graphical, tree-structured menus enable navigation through an application's menus and submenus by pointing and clicking, while maintaining a comprehensive view of the entire menu. When an application is selected, the application workspace menu form is displayed.
Menus and submenus are represented by folder icons, while forms are represented by four different icons according to functionality.
Maintenance
Maintenance forms, represented by the Maintenance icon 
, allow data to be added or changed for creating or updating records. For
example, a person's name and address would be entered or maintained
on the NAE screen.
Note: If the system administrator has given you read-only access to a maintenance form, you will be able to access it in an inquiry mode only, even though it displays the maintenance icon in the tree menu.
Inquiry
Inquiry forms, represented by the Inquiry icon 
,
allow you to view information without changing it, for example, the history
of a general ledger account. These forms are designed for a "view
only"
mode for all users, regardless of access rights.
Reporting
Reporting forms, represented by Reporting icon 
,
allow you to generate a particular report according to your specifications.
For example, today you may wish to see a report on vouchers with a due date
two weeks from now, and tomorrow you may decide you want to see the same
report for vouchers with a due date four weeks from now.
Processing
Processing forms, represented by the Processing icon 
,
allow you to start a program that creates or updates a record or group
of records behind the scenes, for example, posting a group of transactions
to the general ledger.
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Accessing a Form