Miscellaneous > Field Data Entry Shortcuts

Overview

When entering data for date and Attribution Types Worksheet Fields, shortcuts can be used to enable rapid date entry. This document outlines what shortcuts can be used.

Date Fields

If today' date is June 15, 2001, the examples would work as follows:

Shortcut	Explanation	Example
		Entry	Output
d	Expand to mm/dd/yyyy	12	12/06/2001
m/d	Expand to mm/dd/yyyy	12/13	12/13/2001
m/d/yy	Expands to mm/dd/yyyy	6/15/01	06/15/2001
+n	means the date n days after today	2	06/17/2001
-n	means the date n days before today	-2	06/13/2001
T or t	means today's date	t	06/15/2001

Attribution Type Fields

Attribution Types WorksheetFields can be searched by entering the ID or partial description for this field. This will cause a lookup in the database. e.g. If a practitioner 'Robert Langdon' has an ID of 0345, it can be pulled only by entering 0345 not by 345 or 034, whereas description can be searched by just entering Rob or R. When a single record is found matching the entered value, it is populated.

When multiple records are found matching the entered value, a pick list will be displayed allowing selection of the appropriate one. You can select the one you want by double-clicking on it or highlighting and pressing the Enter key.