Icons and descriptions in IBM Sterling Business Center application user interface
In the IBM® Sterling™ Business Center application, you can perform certain tasks by clicking the corresponding icons in the UI.
For example, you can click
adjacent
the Date field to select a date. However, a few icons only indicate
a condition, and cannot be used to perform tasks. For example,
pertaining
to a column in a grid indicates that the column is both an editable
field and a mandatory field.
The following table lists the icons that can be used to perform certain tasks across the Sterling Business Center application:
| Icon | Action |
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Go - Click this icon to view the details of the selected entity. |
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Search - Click this icon to view a list
of available values for an entity. For example, click to view a list of classification values
when creating an item with variation. |
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Localize - Click this icon to localize the corresponding field. |
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Calendar - Click this icon to select a date. |
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Move Up - Click this icon to move an
entity one place higher in a list. For example, you can click to modify the sequence of an item
instruction in the Instructions screen. |
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Move Down - Click this icon to move an
entity one place lower in a list. For example, you can click to modify the sequence of an item
instruction in the Instructions screen. |
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Move Left - Click this icon to move an
entity from one table to another table. For example, you can select
a classification purpose from the Subscribed Usages table,
and click to move the selected
classification purpose to the Available Usages table and vice
versa in the Classification Management screen. |
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Move Right - Click this icon to move
an entity from one table to another table. For example, you can select
a classification purpose from the Available Usages table, and
click to move the selected
classification purpose to the Subscribed Usages table in the
Classification Management screen. |
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Move All - Left - Click this icon to
move all the entities from one table to another table. For example,
you can click to move
all the classification purposes from the Subscribed Usages table
to the Available Usages table in the Classification Management
screen. |
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Move All - Right - Click this icon to
move all the entities from one table to another table. For example,
you can click to move
all the classification purposes from the Available Usages table
to the Subscribed Usages table in the Classification Management
screen. |
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Add - Click this icon to add a new condition
or criteria. For example, click to
add a new criteria when performing an advanced search for an entity. |
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Delete - Click this icon to delete an
existing condition or criteria. For example, click to delete an existing criteria when
performing an advanced search for an entity. |
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Next - Click this icon to view the next page when search results are displayed in multiple pages. |
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Previous - Click this icon to view the previous page when search results are displayed in multiple pages. |
| Mark Favorite - Click this icon to mark a saved search as a favorite. | |
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Remove Favorite - Click this icon to remove the favorite saved search from the favorite saved searches list. |
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Error Details - Click this icon in the Message bar for more details about an error message. |
The following table lists the icons that indicate a condition across the Sterling Business Center application:
| Icon | Description |
|---|---|
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Asterisk - Indicates that the corresponding field is a mandatory field |
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Edit Column - Mandatory - Indicates that the corresponding column in a grid is both editable and mandatory. |
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Edit Column - Non-MandatoryIndicates that the corresponding column in a grid is editable but not mandatory. |
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Drag and Drop - Indicates that an entity
can be dragged and dropped within a group to modify its sequence or
between tables to modify selections. For example, to modify the sequence of an attribute within a group in the Item Attributes tree, you can drag and drop the attribute to the required position in the Attribute Management screen. Similarly, to modify the selection of a classification purpose, you can drag and drop the classification purpose from the Subscribed Usages table to the Available Usages table in the Classification Management screen. |

















