Auto Suggest
Auto Suggest is a user interface feature which progressively searches and filters through text. Auto Suggest searches pre-defined tables and returns records that match text you type into a field. As you type text into a text field, one or more possible matches for the text are found and immediately presented to you in the grid around the field. This immediate feedback enables you to stop typing the entire word or phrase for which you are looking. Instead, you can choose a record from the list that appears.
Auto Suggest searches for data in multiple tables and returns 10 matching records per page. The feature does not require you to remember the code or number for the field. Instead, you can type the name or description of the field and the system will search the name or description that begins with what you typed. For example, if you type in "Bi" in the item number field, the system may return "Bike", "Bike-Mountain" and other items whose name starts with "Bi". Once the list of suggested values is displayed, you can use arrow keys or the mouse to navigate to the correct record, then press the Enter key or click on the record to select the record. When a record is selected, the code or item number value (for example, 220) is automatically filled into the item number field. The system automatically queries the database based on the description you typed, and fills in the field value with the proper code or value.
Your system administrator determines which fields have Auto Suggest enabled, and determines the circumstances for which it is activated. For example, Auto Suggest might begin searching after you type two characters into a field or after you pause typing for a number of seconds.
Your system administrator can configure the Auto Suggest feature in the following two ways:
Automatic
The system administrator specifies the minimum number of characters you need to enter, and also specifies that a manual hot key is not required to trigger Auto Suggest. When you type into these fields, you will notice a gray down arrow at the bottom right corner of the field. After you type the minimum required number of characters, the gray down arrow turns blue, and the suggested values display automatically. If the down arrow turns blue but no values are displayed, there are no matching records in the system. You need to change or re-type the name or description.
Manual
The system administrator specifies that you have to manually trigger the Auto Suggest process (hot key required). The system administrator also specifies the minimum number of characters that you need to enter, before the manual Auto Suggest feature is triggered. When you type into these fields, you will notice a gray down arrow at the bottom right corner of the field. After you type the minimum required number of characters, the gray down arrow becomes a clickable blue arrow. Clicking the blue arrow triggers the system's Auto Suggest process. The system then starts searching for items based on what you typed. The Auto Suggest feature is not triggered automatically. You need to click on the blue down arrow to trigger it.
See "Setting Up Auto Suggest" in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools Runtime Administration Guide.
If Auto Suggest is enabled, you do not need to remember codes in order to search for, or enter, data in a field.
If Auto Suggest is enabled, you see a grey color arrow icon in the lower corner of the text field, QBE field, or the grid cell when you click into it. The grey arrow turns into blue arrow when you start typing in the text box. Type in one or two characters and click the blue color arrow icon to display the list of Auto Suggested options.