Scrolls

When the number of fields in a row exceeds the number fields that can be comfortably shown on a horizontal plane, a scroll may be used rather than a grid. The following is an example from Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing of the scroll used to maintain the persons linked to an account:

The object that is scrolling is demarcated by the and images. In the above example, the various persons associated with an account appear in the scroll.

Two numbers appear between the two arrows. The first number indicates the current entry's position relative to the other entries in the scroll. The second number shows the total number of entries in the scroll. In the above example, the person being displayed is the first and only person linked to the account.

If multiple objects exist, you can click the and images to scroll through the objects. You may press Alt+left arrow and Alt+right arrow rather than clicking on these buttons.

You may change the individual fields of an entry in the scroll as desired.

If you click the button, a new entry is added to the scroll. For example, if you did this in the above scroll, you could link another person to the account. You may press Alt+Insert rather than clicking this button.

If you click the button, an existing entry will be deleted. For example, if you did this in the above scroll, you would remove a person from the account. You may press Alt+Delete rather than clicking this button.

Note: Reminder. When you insert new rows into a scroll, the system does not add them to the database. You must click the Save button to commit the entire object to the database.