1. Riding the Wave of Innovation
alio Keyboarding/Navigation
Martha Pluemer
Client Services Manager

2. alio Keyboarding
In this session we show you how to navigate through alio without using a mouse for quicker data entry and time management.
The alio application has keyboard Hot Keys for maneuvering in the applications. For example, to find a record, you can click the Find button with your mouse or you can press F2 on your keyboard.
Additionally, there are field editing keys, cursor movement keys and wildcards.

3. alio Keyboarding Menu Functions
The alio Menu bar is used to navigate between forms and fields, disconnect and connect to the system, and query, print, save, and delete records.
Notice the first letter in each word on the Menu Bar is underlined. That is an indication you can use Alt + underlined key, for example Alt+F key to display the contents of the File menu.
Menu Bar
Once the menu displays, use your arrow keys to scroll up and down within the list and press ENTER to make a selection.

4. alio Keyboarding – Menu Functions
Some commonly used menu functions:

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6. alio Keyboarding – Menu Functions

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10. alio Keyboarding – Menu Functions

11. alio Keyboarding – alio Tool Bar
Using the alio Tool Bar
Each alio Tool Bar button performs a specific function.
The following table defined the menu functions available in alio. It also provides the corresponding hot key cross-reference.
Tool Bar

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15. alio Keyboarding – Field Editing Keys
Using the Field Editing Keys
When a form is accessed the cursor is positioned in the first field that can be modified or used to implement a search.

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17. alio Keyboarding – Field Editing Keys

18. alio Keyboarding – Cursor Movement Keys

19. alio Keyboarding – Cursor Movement Keys

20. alio Keyboarding Understanding the Bottom of the alio Form
The bottom portion of the alio form contains brief informational messages. It also contains prompts to enter or select information and indicates specific key strokes applicable to the task you are performing.
The Record indicator displayed below the Message line shows the current record number and the total number of available records. A questions mark (?) displays if the number of records is not calculated. To calculate the number of records, click Record, and then click Last Record from the menu options.

21. alio Keyboarding - Wildcards
Using a Wildcard to Search for a Record
When using the Find function, you can use a wildcard character to search for one or more records. This feature is especially useful to display a group of records to browse. The following wildcard characters are available:
Percent (%) in character fields
Underscore (_) in numeric fields
Less than and greater than signs (< and >) in numeric and date fields

22. alio Keyboarding - Wildcards
The percentage sign (%) represents zero or more characters.
To use the percentage sign, enter as many characters as you want, substituting unknown characters with a percentage sign.
You can place the percent sign anywhere in a string of characters for searches.
For example, if you enter 8%711% in the field, all records starting with 8 that have 711 in the field value are retrieved from the database, such as:
Results

23. alio Keyboarding - Wildcards
The underscore sign (_) represents one character (alpha or numeric).
To use the underscore, enter as many characters as you want, substituting unknown characters with an underscore.
For example, if you enter 8-__ ____ in the field, all records starting with 8 that have any 2 digit values for the fund dimension and function dimension starting with 75 (4 digit unknown) are retrieved from the database, such as:

24. alio Keyboarding - Wildcards
The less than (<) and greater than (>) signs represent all numeric or date values above or below the numeric or date value entered.
Enter the known numeric or date value with a less than sign to retrieve all information with a value less than the known value, for example, <
Enter the known numeric or date value with a greater than sign to retrieve all information with a value greater than the known value, for example, >

25. alio Keyboarding – Report Parameter
To run a report, rather than clicking Submit Query with your mouse, make sure your cursor is in a data entry field on the runtime parameter and press ENTER. Be sure your cursor is not in a field with an LOV when pressing ENTER.

26. alio Keyboarding QRG
For more information, review the Quick Reference Guide to Navigating alio located on infolink. Resource Id: 3839

27. Additional Training
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If you prefer one-on-one training, please contact your alio support provider directly for cost and scheduling information.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact alio support at or by direct to

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