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SU-B Maintain Drill Down Menus

Purpose of Program

Use this program to modify the columns, files and indexes used on the grids displayed by Drill Downs.

Program Operation

The ISDRILLM.B file is the file that contains the list of parent to child relationships used by the drill down system. This file exists in the program folder (DBAMFG or EVOERP), and the first time any user runs an Evo lookup, it will be copied to the DBAMFG\DRILL subfolder. When the utility is called it will ask if you want to edit the ISTECH or local drill links. What that means is it will either edit the ISDRILLM.B file in the DBAMFG folder which is replaced with every IS Tech Update, or the one in the DRILL subfolder that is actually used by the drill programs. When an update is provided, if you want to replace your file with the latest IS Tech provided copy, simply copy the ISDRILLM.B from DBAMFG to DBAMFG\DRILL, but be aware that you will overwrite any modifications you may have made to the copy in the DRILL subfolder.

Once in you can use the navigation bar to move from one link to the next, add, delete, or save drill links.  A drill link consists of a parent grid, a child grid, the child index and the text you want to appear in the drill down options, and the field to link the parent to the child.

When you are in the drill down system, the Parent Grid is the grid that is being displayed on the screen. The Child grid is the options you are given in the drop down list when you press the drill button. So each entry for this parent, in the file, is an option on the drill down list.

To add a new link select the Add button then pick a parent grid. Then select a child grid to link to, and what sort order to use for the child. Give this link a name to be displayed in the drop down list for the drill down button, and then you would select the parent to child relation fields.