Resource Explorer
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Resource is a tool for locating Dexterity information about a window, report or table.
Navigation: Tools >> Utilities >> System >> Resource Explorer
Search: select Windows, Reports or Tables. The FIND option changes depending on the search type.
Find:
- Windows – Double-click on a window in the results list to open it.
- By Name: enter part of the Display Name of a window. The search will locate all windows that contain the search target in the window Display Name. For example, “Item” will return all windows with the word Item in the window name.
- By Field on the Window: enter a field name, such as “Item Number”, or just “Item”, to locate all windows that contain the specified field (or portion of the field name). This search can take many minutes. GP often has a large number of fields that are on the window, but not visible, so the search may return windows that do not appear to have the specified field, but it may not be visible to the user. Opening the window in Modifier will reveal all of the other “hidden” fields.
- An Open Window: sometimes the Display Name of a window is changed through code at the time the window opens, so what appears as the window name is not the actual “display name” of the window in Dexterity. This can make windows hard to find. Open the window you want to find, then click the Find button in Resource Explorer. It will display information about all open windows.
- Reports – Double-Click on a report in the results list to open it.
- By Name: enter part of the Display Name of the report (the name that appears in the title bar surrounding the report when it is printed to screen).
- Tables
- By Physical / Technical / Display Name: each GP table has three names: physical, technical and display. Enter the name, or portion of the name, to search for. For example, a search on “MSTR” would return all “Master” tables.
- Physical is the table name in SQL server. For example, IV00101.
- Technical is what is used in development to refer to the table, and does appear sometimes in Report Writer. The technical name often looks like this: IV_Item_MSTR.
- Display Name is a “plain text” descriptive name of the table, and is often seen in Report Writer and SmartList Builder. For example: Item Master.
- By Physical / Technical / Display Name: each GP table has three names: physical, technical and display. Enter the name, or portion of the name, to search for. For example, a search on “MSTR” would return all “Master” tables.
Results can be exported to Excel by clicking the EXCEL button.