How to Manage Records in the Buildings Lookup Table

This topic shows you how to add, delete, and change records in the Buildings lookup table.

Adding a New Record to the Buildings Lookup Table

Changing the Name of a Building

Reorganizing the List of Building Records

Deleting a Building Record

Adding a New Record to the Buildings Lookup Table

1. Click   to display the Lookup Management page.

2. In the Tables panel in the Religious Ed. group, select Buildings.

Records in the Buildings lookup table are displayed. For example:

3. To add a new record to the table, complete the following:

1. Click   to open the Add "Building" Record window:

2. In the Building Name field, type a name for the new record.

3. Click .

The record is added to the Buildings lookup table. In the Religious Education module, the corresponding option is added to Buildings dropdown lists.

Changing the Name of a Building

1. Click   to display the Lookup Management page.
2. In the Tables panel in the Religious Ed. group, select Buildings.

Records in the Buildings table are displayed. For example:

3. To the left of the building whose name you want to change, click to open the Edit "Building" Record window.

4. Type a new name in the Building Name field.
5. Click .

The Buildings table is updated with the record's new name. The corresponding option in the Buildings dropdown list in the application is also updated.

Reorganizing the List of Building Records

Use the Move record buttons in the toolbar to reorganize records in the list.

1. Select one or more records.

2. Click the buttons to relocate the records:

 Moves selected records to top of the list (to the first position).

Moves the selected records up the list one row at a time.

Moves the selected records down the list one row at a time.

Moves selected records to the bottom of the list (to the last position).

3. To permanently save the new list order, click .

Deleting a Building Record

1. Click   to display the Lookup Management page.
2. In the Tables panel in the Religious Ed. group, select Buildings.

Records in the Buildings table are displayed.

If a building cannot be deleted from the records list, the delete button is grayed out: . You cannot delete a building if it has rooms associated with it. You must delete the rooms first.

3. To the left of the building you want to delete, click .

The record is removed from the Buildings table. In the Religious Education module, the corresponding option is also removed from the Buildings dropdown lists.

Related Topics

About the Lookup Management Page

Understanding Lookup Management

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