System Parameters: User/Class Maintenance: Quick Launch Icons

Definitions     Procedures     Add Quick Launch Icons     Modify Existing Quick Launch Icons     Delete Quick Launch Icons     Copy from Another Set ID

 

 

Purpose

Use the Quick Launch Icons screen to create and maintain the quick launch icons that display on each screen and provide fast access to menu options within the CyberLAB system.

 

The icons are created by your facility from a predefined image gallery that contains approximately 50 images.

 

Each image can be associated with a particular menu option in the CyberLAB system and an individual Hot Key assigned. When all the desired icons have been added to the set ID, the user submits the set ID to the CyberLAB system.

 

You can create a maximum of 22 quick launch icons. Icons No. 21 and 22 are reserved for facility-specific information, such as Facility Policies and Procedures and Laboratory Instructions and Procedures.

 

All 22 icons can display at the bottom of the main menu screen. Icons 1 to 20 display at the top of all the other screens in the CyberLAB system.

 

When the user logs off the CyberLAB system and then logs in again, the quick launch icon set activates and displays at the top of the screen.

 

Quick Launch Icon for Users

It is suggested that the facility:

  • Create a default quick launch icon set  first for all users.

  • Create next special quick launch icon sets, as needed.

  • Assign Quick Launch Icon Set to each user. See User Definition screen in User/Class Maintenance.

 

 

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Caution:  

To leave a screen in the CyberLAB system, always click the Exit button at the upper-right corner of the screen.  

Do not use the (red or black) X button at the top-right corner of the screen. This action can affect operation of the application.

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Definitions

Icon No.

The CyberLAB system displays the number of the icon that you clicked. When you click an image in the gallery, the image displays in the text box at the right of the Icon No. label.

Action

Associate each icon with an area within the CyberLab system that you select from the drop-down list. Or, There are approximately 120 selections available.

 

Quick Launch Icon Bridge to Another Website:

Use a Quick Launch Icon in Patient Inquiry to associate the CyberLAB system's patient results database with another system's results database.

When a Sample ID containing a patient's test results is posted in Patient Inquiry, the user can press the Quick Launch Icon in Patient Inquiry.

This action makes the CyberLAB system's Sample ID available in the other system's results database. So, a user in the other results database then can access the test results of that patient.

 

 

Hot Key

A key that triggers the link between the icon and the area of the CyberLAB system to which it is associated.

 

Procedures

Note to Keyboard Users:  To navigate around a screen or scroll within a selection list, use the Tab key to move down and the Tab and Shift keys to move up. Press the Enter key to select the data.

For a shortcut key, also known as a hot key, press the Alt key and the key corresponding to the letter that is underlined, for example, Alt + O for OK.

 

Add Quick Launch Icon to Set ID

Perform these steps:

 

  1. Click the number under a blank icon.

    The system displays a panel in the center of the screen that contains the Action drop-down list, the Hot Key text box, and a gallery of images at the right.

  2. To select an image for the icon, click one of the images in the gallery. The  system displays the image in the text box at the right of the Icon No. label.

  3. Click within the Action text box to display the drop-down list. Click to select the area that you want to associate with the quick launch icon.

  4. Enter in the Hot Key text box a single alphanumeric character.

    Note: The number of the icon and the hot key can be the same.

  5. If you selected Website on the Action drop-down list, two more text boxes display. They are: Website URL and Website Description.

    Website URL
    Enter the URL address, such as www.yahoo.com

    Website Description
    Describe the website, such as Yahoo! main page.

  6. Click the Add button to accept the entries and selections that you have made for the icon. Or, click the Cancel button to not accept the entries and selections you made for the icon.

    The system closes the center panel. The OK, Cancel, and Delete buttons display.

  7. At this point, there are several ways to proceed:

    a) Repeat Step Nos. 1 to 6 until you have added all the desired quick launch icons.

    b) Click the OK button to indicate that you have added all the desired icons for the set ID. Only click the OK button if you are finished. The system returns to the Select Options screen.

    c) Click the Cancel button to not accept the entries and selections you have made. The system returns to the Select Options screen.

    d) If you click the Delete button, the system deletes the set ID that displays in the top left corner of the screen.

 

Modify Quick Launch Icon in Set ID

Perform these steps:

 

  1. Verify that the quick launch icon set ID you want to modify displays at the top left corner of the screen.

  2. If it is the correct Set ID, click the number under the icon you want to modify.

  3. Change, if necessary, any of selections.

    Image
    Click another image in the gallery at the right, and the system places it in the icon text box.

    Action
    Click within the Action text box to display the drop-down list. Click another selection.

    Hot Key
    If you want a different hot key associated with the icon, change the single  alphanumeric character.

    Note: The number of the icon and the hot key can be the same, if they are a single digit.

    Website action, if selected
    Enter a different URL address or website description.

  4. Click the Update button. The system closes the center panel.

  5. To change another existing icon or add a new icon, click the number under the icon.

    If you clicked the number under a blank icon, the center panel opens with Add and Cancel buttons. See Step Nos. 1 to 6 above under Add Icon.

    If you clicked the number under an existing icon, the center panel opens with Update, Cancel, and Delete buttons. See Step Nos. 1 to 4 above in Modify Icon.

    Or, click the Cancel button to not accept the entries and selections you made for the icon or not proceed with changes.

    Or, if you click the number under an existing icon and then click the Delete button, the icon returns to blank status.

    The center panel closes. The OK, Cancel, and Delete buttons display. See Step No. 7 above in Add Icon.

 

Delete Quick Launch Icon in Set ID

Perform these steps:

 

  1. Verify that the quick launch icon set ID that displays at the top left corner of the screen is the correct set ID.

  2. If it is the correct Set ID, click the number under the icon you want to delete. The  center panel displays with the current icon image, the associated area, and the hot key designation.

  3. Click the Delete button. The system deletes the image and associations linked to the icon. The icon returns to a blank status.

    The center panel closes. The center panel closes. The OK, Cancel, and Delete buttons display. See Step No. 7 above in Add Icon.

 

Copy Existing Quick Launch Set ID

Note: If you chose Option E to create a Set ID by copying from an existing set, you then entered the description of the new Set ID and the name of the Set ID that is to be copied. When the system displayed a message that the new Set ID was successfully added and you clicked the OK button, the icons of the new set ID appeared on the Quick Launch Icons screen.

 

Perform these steps:

 

  1. Click the number under any icon.

    The system displays a panel in the center of the screen that contains the Action drop-down list, the Hot Key text box, and a gallery of images at the right.

    If you clicked the number under a blank icon, the center panel opens with Add and Cancel buttons. See Step Nos. 1 to 6 above under Add Icon.

    If you clicked the number under an existing icon, the center panel opens with Update, Cancel, and Delete buttons. See Step Nos. 1 to 4 above in Modify Icon.

    Or, click the Cancel button to not proceed with changes.

    Or, if you click the number under an existing icon and then click the Delete button, the icon returns to blank status.

    The center panel closes. The OK, Cancel, and Delete buttons display.

  2. At this point, when the OK, Cancel, and Delete buttons display on the screen, there are several ways to proceed:

    a) To add icons, repeat Step Nos. 1 to 6 until you have added all the desired quick launch icons. Or, to modify existing icons, repeat Step Nos. 1 to 4 above in Modify Icon. Or, to delete icons from the set ID, repeat Step Nos. 1 to 3 above in Delete Icon.

    b) Click the OK button to indicate that you have added all the desired icons for the set ID. Only click the OK button if you are finished. The system returns to the Select Options screen.

    At this point, access the User Definition screen in User/Class Maintenance to assign a Quick Launch Icon Set to each individual user. A Default set is usually created first for all users and then special sets for other users.

    c) Click the Cancel button to not accept the entries and selections you have made. The system returns to the Select Options screen.

    d) If you click the Delete button, the system deletes the Set ID that displays in the top left corner of the screen.