System Customizing

 

Modifications to the user interface

 

PLANTA software displays can be changed on a system-wide basis. It is possible to change the settings for the user interface, the colors, the menu items, the fonts and bar symbols, the formats of dates and numbers, and for the logo in the menu bar.

 

 

Adapting the data model

 

All the information about the data model is contained in a data dictionary in a meta-database. If it is necessary to create a data model which deviates from the standard one, the data dictionary, with its data tables and individual columns, can be correspondingly extended or modified. It is possible, for example, to define the text type or format concerned for data items, or whether the data items are OLE objects, whether they represent date scales which are to be displayed graphically using date bars and structures, or whether they are to be displayed as histogram scales or bars.

 

Formulas

 

When entries are made into data fields, they can be subject to checking or calculation. For this purpose, the possible inputs can be listed or calculated and checked by means of formulas.

 

Example: Entry check

 

Example: Calculation

 

The operators which are permissible in calculation formulae are the arithmetic operators, brackets, logical and binary operators and comparison operators.

 

Identifying numbers

 

Each data record in the database contains a unique identifying number. These identifying numbers can sometimes be distracting or a hindrance, and so the system customizer can be used to permit suppression of the display of the identifying number, or to issue new numbers automatically, in accordance with a particular rule.

 

Object protection

 

With each data record (e.g. project, task) a note is saved of who set up the data record and who last changed it.