Manufacturers

Form ID: (FS204400)

On this form, you can enter, view, and edit the details of a particular equipment manufacturer. For details, see Manufacturers.

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Address Lookup Dialog Box

In this dialog box, you can add a new address, update an existing address, and fill in the missing address information in a record that has address settings. You can also search for the name of the company and select the company's address. You can click the link to view the address in a new browser tab. If the address is correct, you can click Select to fill in the boxes in the Address section of the applicable form with the company location details. The addresses you can select from the list are limited to the countries specified for the address provider.

Tip:
  • If needed, you can use only a keyboard to select an address in the dialog box. When the Address Lookup dialog box has been opened, the system moves the focus to the Enter a Location box. You enter the known part of the address in the box, select the address by using the arrow keys, and press Enter. Then you can check the address and press Enter to close the dialog box.
  • You can expand the size of the Address Lookup dialog box to see the map in a larger scale by dragging the edges or corners of the dialog box.

This dialog box is available only if the Address Lookup Integration feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form and integration with a web map service has been set up as described in Integration with Web Map Services.

ElementDescription
Enter a Location

A box for searching for the company's address.

You can find the address by doing the following:

  • Find a company address by a postal code if no other address details are available: If you enter the postal code into this box, the system displays the address options with the cities and country (and the state, if the country has states) that are valid for the postal code.
  • Find a full address by a street address: If you enter the street address into this box and select the address, the system will fill in the country (and the state, if applicable), city, and postal code on the form.

The web service selected as an address provider on the Site Preferences (SM200505) form searches for the information that matches your search criteria and lists all the search results below this box. You can click the needed value in the list, and the web service populates the box with this value and displays the address in the map area.

Map area

The area that displays the map, which takes most of the space of the dialog box. Depending on the address provider, Google Maps or Bing Maps can be used.

In this area, you can view the existing company location. If you click the Address Lookup button, the company address is shown in the dialog box as a location on the map.

This dialog box has the following buttons.
SelectCloses the dialog box and populates the current section with the address details that you have selected in this dialog box.
CancelCloses the dialog box and cancels the selection of the company address.

Summary Area

In this area, you can specify the general information of the manufacturer, such as description and identifier. Also, you can enter its contact details and address.

Element Description
Manufacturer ID The identifier of the manufacturer.
Description A description of the manufacturer.
Contact The identifier of the contact person or department of the manufacturer.

General Tab

On this tab, you can specify, view, and edit the main contact and main address information of the manufacturer.

Element Description
Override A check box that indicates (if selected) that you can override the default settings on this tab or the settings have already been overridden.
Table 1. Main Contact Section
Element Description
Company Name The business name of the contact’s company.
Attention The attention line as it is used in your company's business letters, which would be used to direct a letter to the proper person if the letter is not addressed to any specific person. The attention line may contain something like Purchase Orders Department or To whom it may concern.
Email The email address of the manufacturer as a business entity.
Web The manufacturer's website address.
Type and Phone Number

The type and the phone number for the manufacturer; you select the type (which is filled in by default) and then enter the phone number.

You select one of the following options as the type of the phone number: Business 1, Business 2, Business 3, Cell, Assistant 1, Fax, Home, or Home Fax.

There are three elements to enter phone number types and phone numbers for the manufacturer.

Table 2. Main Address Section
Element Description
Address Line 1 The first line of the manufacturer's address.
Address Line 2 The second line of the address.
City The manufacturer's city.
Country The manufacturer's country.
State The manufacturer's state or province.
Postal Code The manufacturer's postal code. You can set up an input validation mask for the country's postal codes on the Countries/States (CS204000) form.
View on Map

A button you click to open the map specified on the Site Preferences (SM200505) form and provided by the Google Maps or Bing Maps web map service to view this address on a map, which is opened in a new tab.

This button is displayed on the form if the Address Lookup Integration feature is disabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.

Address Lookup

A button you click to open the Address Lookup dialog box.

For the description of the dialog box, see Address Lookup Dialog Box.

This button is displayed on the form if the Address Lookup Integration feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form and if the integration with web map services has been set up, as described in Integration with Web Map Services.