Prompt Fields

You can enable your users to look up the valid values that they can enter in a field. For this, PeopleSoft Application Designer provides prompts, or lookup buttons. Your PeopleSoft applications use the following three types of prompts:

  • Drop-down list box

    This type of prompt generates a list of values, which appears directly below the prompt field when the user clicks the down arrow that appears beside the field.

    The drop-down list box is a predefined control that you place on your page. The Job Indicator field on the Work Location page is an example of drop-down list box.

  • Calendar prompt

    This type of prompt generates a small calendar, which appears next to the date field, when the user clicks the calendar button. Users can navigate the calendar to find and select a date. The Effective Date, Position Entry Date, and Department Entry Date fields on the Work Location page are examples of calendar prompts. The calendar prompt appears automatically as part of any edit box control that you associate with a date field as long as the Show Prompt Buttoncheck box display option on the Record tab is selected.

  • Lookup button

    A prompt or lookup button opens a lookup page in the user's browser populated with up to 300 available values for that field. The user can then either select the desired value or refine their search further. For extremely large tables, the system administrator has the option of excluding that table from auto prompting on the lookup exclusion list via PeopleTools, Utilities, Administration, Auto Lookup Exclusion List.

    In Application Designer, you can only associate a lookup button with an edit box control. The look up button appears automatically as part of any edit box control as long as the Show Prompt Button check box display option on the Record tab is selected and the record field with which you associate the edit box lists values in either the Translate table or a prompt table.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Work Location page showing sample prompt fields.

Work Location page showing sample prompt fields

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