Activity Type Form View

Users add and delete activity types and modify information about existing activity types using the Activity Type form view. Clicking an activity type entry in the left pane displays the activity type in the right pane. When an activity type appears in the right pane, the user can delete or modify it. The following topics provide additional information about the Activity Type form view:

Standard Buttons describes how the Change, New, and Delete buttons work.
Data Validation discusses the criteria and process for validating data that users enter in the Activity Type form view.
ToolTip Text describes the labels and buttons that have ToolTip text.

Accessing the Activity Type Form

Users can access the Activity Type form in the following ways:

By clicking the Activity Type Form link on the home page.
By clicking Activity Type on the Forms menu.

Elements on the Activity Type Form

The layout and functionality of the logo frame, menu frame, and left pane are similar in all of the PT Admin application's form views. The following topics describe these elements:

The right pane for each form view varies. The following table lists the data entry fields and accompanying labels in the right pane of the Activity Type form. Label text is localized for German, Japanese, and U.S. English.

Label text	Control	Entry required	Default value	Data validation	Access key	Tab order
Activity Type Name:	Text box	Yes	Blank	Maximum length of entry is 50 characters	N	1
Description:	Text box	No	Blank	Maximum length of entry is 128 characters	D	2
Weight:	Text box	Yes	Blank	Maximum value is 255	W	3
Drop Lowest:	Text box	Yes	Blank	Maximum value is 255	L	4
Penalty Type:	Drop-down list box	Yes	"No penalty for late scores"*	N/A	T	5
Penalty Value:	Text box	Yes	Blank	Maximum value is 255	V	6
Grade Scale:	Drop-down list box	Yes	First entry in the list**	N/A	S	7

*Phrases in this drop-down list box are localized.

**List is sorted by the Name column in the GradeScale table in the Eval database.

In addition, the right pane contains a label that identifies a group of controls. This label is not associated with data entry elements on the form. The label text is "Activity Type Information."