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Object Type Maintenance - General tab

Use the General tab to view and edit the general details for an object type.

Opening the General tab

Object Type Maintenance - General tab key fields and buttons

Fields

Field

Description

Example

Description

Brief description of the object type.

Building, Room, Office Equipment, Musical Instrument.

Meaning

Meaning of the object type.

Building, Campus, Room, Accommodation.

Default Child Object Type

The object type that is assigned by default to any child objects that are created under it.

If the object type Building is defined to have a default child object type of Room, each time a new object is created under an object with a Building object type, it will automatically be assigned to have a Room object type.

Allow Master Objects to be Created

If selected, the objects acts as a master object to others.

A master textbook object can be defined which you have 200 copies of.

Allow Use in Accommodation Booking System

If selected, the object can be used when booking accommodation.

Building, Room.

Overdue Fee Code

Fee code assigned to overdue loan charges.

LOANCHG.

Grid area buttons

Button

Description

Apply button

Save the changes to the selected object type but do not close the window.

OK button

Save the changes to the selected object type and close the window.

Cancel button

Discard the changes made.

Last modified: 20/12/2016 4:10:21 PM

See Also

Maintaining object types

Object Type Maintenance window

Adding new object types

Object Type Maintenance - Elements tab

Object Type Maintenance - Attributes tab

Object Type Maintenance - Categories tab

Object Type Maintenance - Task Staff tab

Object Type Maintenance - Objects tab

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