Document Categories

The goal of the Document Categories module is to help organize a project's documentation. Documents are first categorized to fall into one of the tables listed below. Each table contains categories that the user can add to or edit the name. For instance, a Document Category that is listed under the Project table could be Training Materials.

 

Blog

Invoice

Project Contact Detail

Protocol Deviation

Site

Site Issue

Site Visit

Vendor Cost

Budget

Project

Project Country

Protocol Version

Site Budget

Site Pass Thru Cost

Subject

Vendor Invoice

Inventory Item Transaction

Project Contact

Project Event

SAE

Site Inventory

Site Payment

Subject Visit

Vendor Payment

 

 

Each category contains Document Types, which users create in the Document Type module. To follow the above example, the Document Type that can fall under Document Category called Training Materials can be called Initiation Visit Presentation. Then, the user places documents under this type in the appropriate place within the project.

 

To add a category record, the Base Table must first be selected. The Base Table determines where in the system the document will reside. Then click or to edit the name of a category, click , which opens the Document Category module.

 

Users can filter the records on Active, Inactive, or All as well as search for a word or string in the record. To remove all search options, click the button.

 

Columns can be sorted  in ascending or descending order by clicking the column heading.

 

Click Common Buttons for a description of the buttons found throughout the system and their uses.

 

 

 

 

Field

Description

Search Fields

 

Base Table

The document categories are placed into one of these sections:

  • Blog

  • Budget

  • InventoryItemTransaction

  • Invoice

  • Project

  • ProjectContact

  • ProjectContactDetail

  • ProjectCountry

  • ProjectEvent

  • ProtocolDeviation

  • ProtocolVersion

  • SAE

  • Site

  • SiteBudget

  • SiteInventory

  • SiteIssue

  • SitePayment

  • SiteVisit

  • Subject

  • SubjectVisit

  • VendorCost

  • Vendor Invoice

  • Vendor Payment

Records

The user can filter the records based on whether they are active or inactive, or simply select all records.

Search

The user can enter any word or string to see if it exists in the database.

Column Headings

 

Category*

This column displays the names of the categories that the documents will be separated into.