Title:

Oracle Navigation

Prepared by: Larry Sherrod Release Date: 02/10/2008

This document defines the basics of Oracle navigation.

Logging on:

If you are opening the application for the first time on your computer, it will
prompt you to download an application called jInitiator. Follow the prompts to
load the application. Once loaded, you will see the screen below.

You must log on using you user

name. If you do know your user
name, contact your IT
department.

You should have been provided

a password from your IT
department. Use it in this form.
You will then be prompted to
enter a new password. Your
new password must be at least
6 characters, include a number
and have no repeating
characters.

Menu:
Once logged on, you should see a menu screen similar to the one below.

Guidelines:

 “+” indicates higher level

menu
 Buttons to the left collapse
and expand your menus
 Frequent used Functions
can be added to the Top
Ten List
 Set Screen Resolution
1024 x 768

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 Title:
Oracle Navigation

Prepared by: Larry Sherrod Release Date: 02/10/2008

At the top of your Oracle Application window, you will find a toolbar. Below is
the definition of each of the icons.

 1. The New icon opens a new record.

 2. The Find... icon invokes the Find window.
 3. The Show Navigator icon invokes the Navigator window.
 4. The Save icon saves your data.
 5. The Next Step icon advances you to the next step of a process (see
Launch Business Processes).
 6. The Switch Responsibilities icon invokes the list of your
responsibilities for you to choose another.
 7. The Print... icon prints the current screen. In some cases it may print a
report associated with the current data.
 8. The Close Form icons closes all windows of the current form.
 9. The Cut icon cuts the current selection to the clipboard.
 10. The Copy icon copies the current selection to the clipboard.
 11. The Paste icon pastes from the clipboard into the current field.
 12. The Clear Record icon erases the current record from the form.
 13. The Delete icon deletes the current record from the database.
 14. The Edit Field... icon displays the Editor window for the current field.
 15. The Zoom icon invokes customer-defined drill-down behavior.
 16. The Translations... icon invokes the Translations window (see
Creating Translations for a Record).
 17. The Attachments icon invokes the Attachments window. If
attachments already exist, the icon appears as a paperclip holding paper.
 18. The Folder Tools icon invokes the Folder Tools palette window (see
Customizing the Presentation of Data).
 19. The Window Help icon invokes online help for the current window.

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Oracle Navigation

Prepared by: Larry Sherrod Release Date: 02/10/2008

Oracle’s user interface is presented in Oracle Forms. The general description

and definition of those forms is found below.

The Forms:

1. Single-Row Block
2. Multi-Row Block
3. Folder Indicator
4. Current Record Indicator
5. Record
6. Message Line
7. Status Line
8. Field
9. List of Values Indicator
10. Descriptive Flexfield
11. Master-Detail
Coordination Box

Keyboard Shortcuts:

You need not use a mouse to navigate the

screens. Oracle provides Keyboard Shortcuts
for navigation.

From your HELP pull down menu, you can

access the KEYBOARD HELP screen. The
screen is shown to the left. It displays all the
keyboard shortcuts available in Oracle. Some
of the most useful ones are:

Commit Ctrl+S (this will save your data)

Duplicate Field Shift+F5 (this copies the data

from the record field above)

Duplicate Record Shift+F6 (this copies the data

from the record above)

Enter Query F11 (starts a DB query)

Execute Query Cntl+F11 (runs a DB query)

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