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Chapter 3 – Navigation (continued)

How to Access and Use Report Help

About this Procedure

This procedure demonstrates how to access and use Report Help.

  1. Press F1 from any screen or link directly to the 90 News/Help Table.
  2. Tab to the Keyword field.
  3. Type <DAFR> and the desired report number in the Keyword field. For example, DAFR7460.
  4. Press Enter. The system will retrieve information regarding the selected report. If the information takes more than one page, type <N> in the Action field and press Enter to view the next page.
  5. Press F4 to return to the original screen if the 90 News/Help screen was accessed using F1 Help.

Example: Use report help for DAFR7400 Agency Budget Activity Detail Report.

  1. Press F1 from any screen or link directly to the 90 News/Help screen.
  2. Tab to the Keyword field.
  3. Type <DAFR7400> in the Keyword field.
  4. Press Enter.
  5. View report help for DAFR7400.

    A picture of the USAS News/Help Table screen

    TEXAS S090         UNIFORM STATEWIDE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM         07/22/95 09:50 AM 
    
    LINK TO:                    NEWS/HELP TABLE 
    
    
    
    ACTION: R (A=ADD, C=CHANGE, D=DELETE, N=NEXT, R=RECALL) 
    
    KEYWORD: DAFR7400       PAGE: 01 
    
    REPORT NAME : AGENCY BUDGET ACTIVITY DETAIL 
    
    PURPOSE     : THIS REPORT IS INTENDED TO ALLOW AGENCIES TO MONITOR THEIR BUDGET 
    
                  ACTIVITIES AT TRANSACTION LEVELS. IT IS INTENDED TO BE USED IN 
    
                  CONJUNCTION WITH DAFR7410, THE AGENCY BUDGET ACTIVITY SUMMARY. 
    
    SORT        : AGENCY, APPROPRIATION YEAR, ORGANIZATION LEVEL, PROGRAM LEVEL, 
    
                  APPROPRIATED FUND, FUND, AND OBJECT (DETERMINED BY SPECIAL SELECT 1). 
    
    SPEC SEL 1  : DETERMINES THE OBJECT DISPLAYED IN THE OBJECT COLUMN: 
    
                  S - COMPTROLLER SOURCE/GROUP    L - LBB OBJECT 
    
                  C - COMPTROLLER OBJECT    A - AGENCY OBJECT 
    
                  G - AGENCY OBJECT GROUP 
    
    SPEC SEL 2  : DETERMINES THE DATA IN THE PRE-ENCUMBRANCE/ENCUMBRANCE COLUMN: 
    
                  E - DISPLAY ENCUMBRANCES     P - DISPLAY PRE-ENCUMBRANCES 
    
                  B - DISPLAY BOTH ENCUMBRANCES AND PRE-ENCUMBRANCES 
    
                                                               STATUS CODE: A 
    
    EFF START DATE: 09261993   EFF END DATE:                LAST PROC DATE: 04021995 
    
    Z07 NEXT RECORD SUCCESSFULLY READ 
    
    PLEASE ENTER FUNCTION 
    
    F1-HELP F3-END F4-INTERRUPT F6-PROCESS F8-NEXT 
    

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