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You can sometimes build a useful tracking application by just using the [[Level 1 Entity]]. But when you need to track “transactions” of some kind associated with the Level 1 item, you will then need to create a two level UTA.
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You can sometimes build a useful [[Universal Tracking Application]] that only uses one Level.  
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If you need to track “transactions” of some kind associated with the Level 1 item you will need to create a two level [[UTA]].
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* When you examine the [[Built-in Field|built-in fields]] for the Level 2 (and Level 3) [[Entity|entities]] you will see they closely resemble activity type transactions with fields such as start date, end date, start time, end time, etc.  And generally a lot of the Level 2 transaction types do have these types of activity based characteristics.
 
* When you examine the [[Built-in Field|built-in fields]] for the Level 2 (and Level 3) [[Entity|entities]] you will see they closely resemble activity type transactions with fields such as start date, end date, start time, end time, etc.  And generally a lot of the Level 2 transaction types do have these types of activity based characteristics.
* Sometimes the Level 2 transaction will not require any activity type fields. In that situation simply don’t use any of the built-in fields that related to activities and use [[Custom Field|custom fields]] for the rest of the [[Entity|entity]].
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* Sometimes the Level 2 transaction will not require any activity type fields. In that situation simply don’t use any of the Standard Fields for the Level 2 activities and use [[Custom Field|custom fields]] for the rest of the [[Entity|entity]].
  
 
==Steps to Activate Level 2 items==
 
==Steps to Activate Level 2 items==
  
 
The steps to activate the [[Level 2 Entity]] are similar to the [[Level 1 Entity]].
 
The steps to activate the [[Level 2 Entity]] are similar to the [[Level 1 Entity]].
* Choose the standard fields using the '''Application Configuration''' page.
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* Choose the standard fields using the [[UTA Settings - Entity]] page.
* Create the [[Custom Field|custom fields]] for Level 2 using either the '''Application Configuration''' page OR the '''Application Settings''' page.
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* Create the [[Custom Field|custom fields]] for Level 2 using either the [[UTA Settings - Entity]] page OR the [[UTA Settings - Settings|main UTA settings]] page.
* Define the “Types” of [[Level 2 Entity|Level 2 entities]] using the '''Application Settings''' page.  Instead of “template’ the word “type” is used for Level 2 and Level 3.
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* Define [[Level 2 Types]] using the [[UTA Settings - Settings|main UTA settings]] page.  (The term ''Type'' at Level 2 and Level 3 is the equivalent of ''Template'' at Level 1)
* Define the Level 2 statuses using the '''Application Settings''' page.
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* Define the Level 2 [[Statuses]] using the [[UTA Settings - Settings|main UTA settings]] page.
* Define the '''List view''' for Level 2 items.
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* Define the [[List View]] for Level 2 items using the [[UTA Settings - Settings|main UTA settings]] page.
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[[Category:Universal Tracking Application]][[Category:Applications]]
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[[Category:Universal Tracking Application]]

Latest revision as of 12:04, 27 July 2016

You can sometimes build a useful Universal Tracking Application that only uses one Level.

If you need to track “transactions” of some kind associated with the Level 1 item you will need to create a two level UTA.

  • When you examine the built-in fields for the Level 2 (and Level 3) entities you will see they closely resemble activity type transactions with fields such as start date, end date, start time, end time, etc. And generally a lot of the Level 2 transaction types do have these types of activity based characteristics.
  • Sometimes the Level 2 transaction will not require any activity type fields. In that situation simply don’t use any of the Standard Fields for the Level 2 activities and use custom fields for the rest of the entity.

Steps to Activate Level 2 items

The steps to activate the Level 2 Entity are similar to the Level 1 Entity.


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