| 1.6.10. Function Dashboard | | Every application can be decomposed into a set of eight function types. Each function has one purpose and this is critical to making the application easy-to-use - by design. |
| Tuition: | | Once a user is able to process any one kind of subject they are able to process every kind of subject because each and every service reuses functions with identical behaviour. Training costs are reduced by a single consistent architecture that is as if one designer had implemented the whole application service. |
| Functions are Consistent: | | It is a business requirement to ensure that once a user learns to use one part of the application service, then they instinctively know how to use each and every part of the application service. This is achieved by implementing a constistent architecture for all functions within a service. | | Every web page is identified by: | | 1. Function Type; such as History. | | 2. Subject Name; such as Client. | | 3. Page Reference; such as 1770 for this page |
| 1. Page Function | | 1. Page is a is web page of text topics with close icon in the top-right corner. Each web page has its own distinctive image. A web page may be classified as Page, Popup, Dash or Reserve where a Reserve may be a Document or Report. |
| 2. Search Function | | 2. Search is a popup page with search bar and close icon in the top-right corner. Each search has its own distinctive image that identifies the service - the same as sheet and list. A new page is created by a search to enable cut and paste between different records and different records to be compared side by site. |
| 3. List Function | | 3. List is the result of a search or an appendage to the current page with close icon in the top-right corner. Each list has its own distinctive image that identifies the service - the same as search and sheet. |
| 4. Add Function | | 4. Add function will replace a list function with a new record and a data entry form. Each add function reuses the same add image. |
| | | 5. Clone Function | | 5. Clone function will replicate an existing record from a selected change function. Each clone function reuses the same clone image. |
| 6. Change Function | | 6. Change page will replace a list of add page with close icon in the top-right corner. Each change function reuses the same change image with a label as "refresh". |
| 7. Sheet Function | | 7. Sheet is a popup page like a list but with its own selection options and close icon in the top-right corner. Each sheet has its own distinctive image that identifies the service - the same as search and list. Sheet functions with a date range menu provides export and download services. |
| 8. History Function | | 8. History is a popup page with close icon in the top-right corner. Each history function reuses the same history image. |
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