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| * Manage the various drop-down lists and foundation information which is used within other manager dialogs around the application | * Manage the various drop-down lists and foundation information which is used within other manager dialogs around the application | ||
| - | The **[Lookup Manager]** is laid out in a very similar way to most Mystic managerial dialogs. A list on the left hand side of the dialog allows you to choose a value that you wish to edit, as well as Category and Filtering options to reduce the number of values being displayed at any one time (the Keyword Category for example, may contain tens of thousands of entries). | + | In a quick overview, the **Layout Manager** sometimes fills users with trepidation, but in reality it follows the standard Mystic Manager Dialog process of: |
| - | When selected, the details of an entry appears on the right-hand side of the dialog. Depending upon what type of Category is being edited, fewer fields may be made available or entirely new editing sections that are specialised for that Category may appear. | + | * Select an entry to edit from the left hand list |
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| - | In all other respects, use of the **[Lookup Manager]** follows the standard pattern: | + | |
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| - | * Select a Category and Entry to edit | + | |
| * Edit the details | * Edit the details | ||
| * Update the details | * Update the details | ||
| - | Note however, that because the **[Lookup Manager]** is responsible for managing foundation data from around the Mystic database, a number of specialised functions and tools are provided (see links below). | + | So why does the **Lookup Manager** seem so complicated? The reason for this resides primarily in the //type// of data that the Lookup Manager is intended to maintain. |
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| - | ==== Categories ==== | + | Lookup Manager help articles: |
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| - | Mystic divides the various foundation data into **Categories**, each of which is of a specific type (or usage). The **Category Types** are: | + | |
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| - | * Item Indexing | + | |
| - | * Item Popups | + | |
| - | * Item Qualifiers | + | |
| - | * Reader Indexing | + | |
| - | * Reader Popups | + | |
| - | * Reader Qualifiers | + | |
| - | * System | + | |
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| - | If you do not see a particular category in the **Lookup Manager** which you wish to edit, it may simpyl be that their display is turned off. In order to make it visible, select the **[Options]** toolbar tab and toggle on the toolbar icons in the **[Reader Categories]**, **[Item Categories]** or **[System]** toolbar groups as required. | + | |
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| - | The **Indexing Category Types** represent foundation data which may appear in connection with a particular type of record (items, readers etc) any which may be used multiple times within the same record. Such foundation data may therefore include Keywords and Contributors (i.e. Authors) as several different values of each type may be attached to the record. | + | |
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| - | The **Popup Category Types** represent foundation data which would normally appear only //once// within a particular type of record and therefore typically is uses to populate drop-down lists where only a single selection can be made. Such foundation data may therefore include Publishers, Series Titles, Student Classes etc. | + | |
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| - | The **System Category Types** contain foundation data which is used to configure Mystic, or otherwise inform Mystic how to operate. | + | |
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| - | The **Lookup Manager** has a number of core categories of information which are available in all versions of Mystic, as well as a number of custom categories which may have been created by Esferico on the behalf of Mystic users or by suitably authorised Mystic users with access to the Category tools. | + | |
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| - | Standard categories include: | + | |
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| - | ==== | + | |
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| + | * [[:pergamonmystic:linkedhelp:lookup_overview|Full overview of Lookup Manager Foundation Data]]\\ | ||
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