Module

Module Structure: Interface

Module components

• Module title
  • contains the name of the module.
• Data windows
  • subdivide module data for the sake of clarity.
  • As a result, data fields can be contained in one or several windows (maximum 3).
  • If required, you can display or hide a data field within a window.
• Data fields
  • contain data
  • can have different data field behavior.
• Scrollbar
  • As soon as the data cannot be displayed completely, vertical or horizontal scroll bars are displayed.

Module Structure: Technology + Logic

• From a technical point of view, a module consists of data areas which in turn contain data fields from data tables.
• From a user’s point of view, a module consists of records.
  • A record summarizes attributes/parameters of an object with their corresponding values.
  • Values are displayed in separate data fields.
    • What data fields belong to a record (record structure) is defined by the customizing of the corresponding data area.
  • A record can be displayed differently on the interface: in the form of a line (horizontal layout), in the form of a column (vertical layout), or arranged arbitrarily (in forms).
  • The same data field over several records forms a data logical column.
    • Depending on the layout, a data logical column can consist of the visualization of a column (horizontal layout), a line (vertical layout) or a form from the field which is always at the same position across all records.
    • If there is only one record in a data area, one column = one data field.

Example

• Here, six records are displayed: one project record and five task records.
  • The project record consists of three data fields (Project, Project name and Remaining effort), and their corresponding values.
  • The task records consist of four data fields (Task, Task name, Remaining duration, and Remaining effort) with the corresponding values.
  • All Remaining duration fields form a column. The data logical Remaining duration column equates to the layout column.
    • Caution with Remaining effort: Although optically it looks like one column (due to the layout positioning and the same name), they really are two columns: one Remaining effort column of the project record and the Remaining effort column of the task records.