Group Form View

Users add and delete groups and modify information about existing groups using the Group form view. Clicking an entry for a group in the left pane displays information about the group in the right pane. When a group appears in the right pane, the user can delete or modify it. The following topics provide additional information about the Group form view:

Standard Buttons describes how the Change, New, and Delete buttons work. The Group screen contains two additional buttons, View Activity List and View Membership. Group Form Buttons describes the functionality of these buttons.
Data Validation discusses the criteria and process for validating data that users enter in the Group form view.
ToolTip Text describes the labels and buttons that have ToolTip text.
Form View Search describes the search feature located in the left pane on the Group form, lists the fields on which users can search, and describes how to perform a search.

Accessing the Group Form

Users can access the Group form in the following ways:

By clicking the Group Form link on the home page.
By clicking Group on the Forms menu.

Elements on the Group 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 Group 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
Group 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
Location	Drop-down list box	Yes	"(none)"*	N/A	L	3
Grade Scale (1):	Drop-down list box	Yes	First entry in the list	N/A	1	4
Grade Scale (2):	Drop-down list box	No	"(none)"*	N/A	2	5
Period:	Text box	No	Blank	Maximum value is 255	R	6
Max. Size:	Text box	No	Blank	Maximum value is 255	X	7
Current Size:	Label	Read-only	Calculated value	N/A	N/A	N/A
Begin Date	Text box	Yes	No	Must be a valid date format	G	8
End Date	Text box	No	No	Must be a valid date format	E	9
Meeting Days:	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Su	Check box	Yes	Cleared	N/A	T	10
Mo	Check box	Yes	Selected	N/A	T	11
Tu	Check box	Yes	Selected	N/A	T	12
We	Check box	Yes	Selected	N/A	T	13
Th	Check box	Yes	Selected	N/A	T	14
Fr	Check box	Yes	Selected	N/A	T	15
Sa	Check box	Yes	Cleared	N/A	T	16
Begin Time:	Text box	Yes	Blank	Must be a valid time format	I	17
End Time:	Text box	No	Blank	Must be a valid time format	M	18

*The text is localized.

In addition, the right pane contains labels that organize the form's content. These labels are not associated with data entry elements on the form. The label texts are "Group Information" and "Group Meets."

Group Form Buttons

The Group form contains Change, New, and Delete buttons. This set of command buttons appears on all screens, except Group Membership, in the PT Admin application. Standard Buttons describes how these buttons work. In addition to the standard buttons, the Group form contains View Activity List and View Membership buttons, which the following table describes.

Button text	Action
View Activity List	Displays the Activity form. The entries in the Activity List in the left pane of the Activity form are the activities for the group.
View Membership	Displays the User form. The entries in the Person List in the left pane of the User form are the members of the group.