Description of the Menu Order
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| - | The Order menu | + | The Order menu allows the Smart Quotes user to place an order, as shown in the following example: |
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| + | [Screenshot of the Order menu] | ||
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| + | The Order menu consists of the Order List tab. This tab contains a table with all the systems and sub-systems contained in the offer to be ordered. The first column displays the description of the system / sub-system. The second column displays the name of system / sub-system. The third column displays the total amount of each system / sub-system. The last column displays the date of order. The date of order fields remain empty until the order process is completed. | ||
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| + | At the bottom of the window, the ''Order'' button can be found. Clicking on this button launches the order process. At the end of the process, a series of events occur has shown in the following example: | ||
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| + | [Screenshot of the same screenshot after clicking on Order] | ||
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| + | The Order button is greyed out. The offer is locked and it can no longer be edited. The locked status is represented by a lock icon that appears in the header. The date of order field is filled in. | ||
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| + | As the offer is locked, clicking on the Offer and System buttons in the header opens the [[Description of the Menu Project#Preview | Preview Offer]] and [[Description of the Menu Project#Preview | Preview System]] windows respectively. | ||
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| + | An Explorer window pops up. This window contains the order file that has been generated. This file is an XML document. By default, this file is named XML_For_Offer_xxx.xml where xxx is the offer number. | ||
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| + | By default, all the order files are saved in an Order folder as shown in the following example: | ||
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| + | [[File:MetisSmartQuotesExamplePathToOrderFile.PNG|center]] | ||
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| + | # This part depends on the version of the Smart Quotes user's operating system | ||
| + | # This part is the server instance number | ||
| + | # This part is the Order directory. All generated order files can be found in this directory. | ||
| + | # This part is a sub-directory containing the XML order file itself. The name of the sub-directory corresponds to the offer number. | ||
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| + | For an example of the contents of the XML order file, please refer to the following document: | ||
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| + | [[File:MetisSmartQuotesExampleOfXMLOrderFile.pdf]] | ||
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| + | !!! add an example of an xml order file in PDF format (with snapshot (i.e. Pat's Extension)) !!! | ||
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| + | !!! add the description of the Export Control + Warnings tab + icon for ECS check in Order Mode etc. !!! | ||