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Lookup Manager
The [Lookup Manager] is a dialog intended to perform two specific functions, and is accessible only to suitably authorised staff users:
- Manage system level, application wide configuration settings which affect all dialogs and all users
- 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).
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.
In all other respects, use of the [Lookup Manager] follows the standard pattern:
- Select a Category and Entry to edit
- Edit 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).
Categories
Mystic divides the various foundation data into Categories, each of which is of a specific type (or usage). The Category Types are:
- Item Indexing
- Item Popups
- Item Qualifiers
- Reader Indexing
- Reader Popups
- Reader Qualifiers
- System
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.
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.
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.
The System Category Types contain foundation data which is used to configure Mystic, or otherwise inform Mystic how to operate.
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.
Standard categories include:
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