GNM_RCS_Reference_data_TS

• 1. .Introduction

     1. Purpose

The document GNM_RCS_System_Configuration_FS.docx is the functional specification that describes what features RCS has in relation to the configuration of the system.

This document is one of a set of technical specifications that provide details of how those functions are implemented in RCS.

• 1. Scope

This document focusses on reference data that is not covered elsewhere in this area of the documentation set, including Copy-in email addresses, Screen names, Query types and Transaction types. Separate documents deal with all other aspects of the system’s configuration.

This document is intended as a high-level technical document outlining how the relevant business functions are implemented in terms of software modules.

Importantly, this document does not aim to provide the level of detail that would be required in a programming specification in areas such as program structure, detailed business rules, data integrity, validation, locking considerations, data security, and calls to/from other software modules, performance considerations, and so forth.

For details of program logic and coding, the reader should refer to the program files themselves.

• 1. .Copy-in details

When contributors are commissioned to produce content they are sent a commission letter setting out what they have agreed with Editorial. Amongst other things this letter instructs the contributor where to submit their copy. This may be the copy-in address of the Cost Centre or Product purchasing the content. This screen allows these copy-in email addresses to be maintained.

The Copy-in details screen lists all Cost centres and Products, on separate tabs, and allows the user to maintain a copy-in email address against each. This screen is accessed from the menu option Housekeeping → Copy-in addresses

This opens the Oracle Form named rcs_csva_010_pc.fmb as shown below, running in a mode whereby only the Cost centre and Product tabs are shown from the 8 tabs usually shown when it runs as a Chart of Accounts screen.

This screen is only accessible to RCS Administrators.

• 1. Cost centre copy-in data

The Cost centre tab is shown below:

Users can only enter a copy-in address against a leaf node i.e. against a code that is not a parent of another code.

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• 1. Product copy-in data

The Product tab is shown below. It is very similar to the Cost centre tab, but also allows the user to maintain the Digital start date for each product.

• 1. CoA definition

The CoA definition tab is shown below c.f. the RCS Chart of Accounts documentation for further details.

• 1. .Screen names

When each Oracle form is opened in RCS a window title applicable to that screen (or the mode it is running in) is read from the MODULES table and is displayed. (On the development databases this title is prefixed with details of the environment to help distinguish development and training encironments from the live system.)

The “Screens” screen lists all screens, including all the physical screens and also the logical variations of those screens, and allows the user to maintain the screen title and the URL of the help page for the screen. This screen is accessed from the menu option Housekeeping → Screen names.

This opens the Oracle Form named rcs_modu_010_pc.fmb as shown below.

This screen is only accessible to RCS Administrators.

• 1. .Query types

Queries / problems can be defined against various categories of data in RCS, and these queries can each be allocated to a user for them to resolve the issue. Queries must have a Type, and the list of available types is maintained in this screen.

The Query types screen lists all query types, by category, which the user can maintain. This screen is accessed from the menu option Housekeeping → Query types

This opens the Oracle Form named rcs_pdef_010_pc.fmb as shown below.

This screen is only accessible to RCS Administrators.

• 1. .Transaction types

Each scheduled transaction in RCS has a transaction type that defines what kind of payment instruction it is.

The Transaction types screen lists all payment types, and for each payment type there can be a list of transaction types. This screen is accessed from the menu option Housekeeping → Transaction types

This opens the Oracle Form named rcs_ttyp_010_pc.fmb as shown below.

This screen is only accessible to RCS Administrators.

If a transaction type is no longer available for use it can be marked as such using the “Available?” checkbox on the right handside of the screen.

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