5.6.1 Searching for Economic Indicator
A Search pane is provided in which you can search for Economic Indicators by Name or Country. Each Economic Indicators rule is specific to one country.
To search the Economic Indicator, follow these steps:
- Enter search criteria and click the Search icon.
- Click the Reset icon to remove any Name or Country search
criteria and refreshes the window.
The search results are displayed in a tabular format containing all of the Economic Indicators that meet search criteria. The Economic Indicators Summary page offers several icons to perform different functions when an Economic Indicator is selected.
- Add: Click Add to begin the process of building a new Economic Indicator. The Add icon is disabled if any rows in the pane are selected.
- View: Select a single row out of the pane to enable the View. Click the View icon to view the contents of an Economic Indicator on a read-only basis. The View icon is only enabled when a row is selected.
- Edit: Select a single row out of the pane to enable the Edit. Click the Edit icon allows you to modify a previously saved Economic Indicator. The Edit icon is only enabled when a single row is selected.
- Delete: Select one or more rows out of the pane to enable the Delete. Clicking on the Delete deletes the Economic Indicators you have selected.
- Copy: Select a single row out of the pane to enable the Copy. Click the Copy icon to create a copy of an existing economic indicator. The Copy icon is only enabled when a single economic indicator is selected.
- Check Dependencies: Select an Economic Indicator
and then click the Check Dependencies icon to generate a report on all
rules that utilize your selected economic indicator.
The Check Dependencies is only enabled when a single economic indicator is selected.
- Data Loader: The Data Loader option executes a
function to import historical economic indices for all defined Economic
Indicators. For more information on setting up the automated process,
see the OFS Data Model Utilities User Guide.
To execute a data load, click on the Data Loader.
A warning message will appear Upload all available Economic Indicators? Click Ok, and all historical indices will be loaded.
To select an Economic Indicator, select a check box in the first column of the pane. More than one Economic Indicators can be selected at a time but this will cause some of the icons to become disabled.
Select or deselect all of the Economic Indicators in the Economic Indicators Summary page by selecting the check box in the upper left-hand corner of the Summary page directly to the left of the Name column header.
The following columns categorize each Economic Indicator on the Summary page:
- Name: Displays the Economic Indicator's short name. Performing a mouse-over on a row within the pane displays the Economic Indicator's detailed description.
- Country: Displays the Country to which an Economic Indicator applies.
- Creation Date: Displays the Date and Time at which an Economic Indicator was created.
- Created By: Displays the Name of the user who created an Economic Indicator.
- Last Modification Date: Displays the Date and Time at which an Economic Indicator was last modified.
- Modified By: Displays the Name of the user who last modified an Economic Indicator.