UF Categories

Urgent Findings tool has been designed to allow for main classifications that contain sub-classifications. The Categories is equivalent to a sub-classification, which is contained within a main classification – Class of Findings.

Using this concept of classifications, Categories can be created and associated to a particular Class of Finding. To accomplish this, front-end users select a Class of Finding, and then select the appropriate Category from the bank of options created in the Urgent Findings Categories table.

From this table, "Administrator"-type users can add new Categories, modify and activate/deactivate existing Categories.

  1. Click the Add new recordClosed button.
  2. Enter a name for the new Category.
  3. Select the Class of Findings.
  4. Select the Automatically Close option.
  5. Select Yes as the Active option.
  6. Click Insert.

  1. Click the icon in the Category row.
  2. Modify the desired fields.
  3. Click Update.

The Active column indicates the status of the Categories (Active - Yes; Inactive - No with the text in the row colored red). In addition, the Activate/Deactivate column displays the appropriate action button (Activate or Deactivate) that can be used to toggle the Active status.

To deactivate an active Category, click the icon. Click OK to the prompt pop-up.

To activate a deactivated Category, click the icon. Click OK to the prompt pop-up.

A user can also edit the Category by clicking the icon in the Category row and selecting the appropriate Active option (Yes or No).