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User Interface
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The toolbars are filled with graphical buttons/icons and other commands.
They are grouped by functionality.
There are eight ribbons:
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Quick Access Toolbar represents the icons for the set of actions/modules/data groups, each providing the shortcut for the certain menu element without the necessity to select the corresponding menu item on the ribbon.
See Quick Access Toolbar section.Backstage View gives you the overview of recently opened modules and data groups, allows you to select the interface language, view and manage your user profile, and gives access to various user options.
See Backstage View section.Modules Ribbon gives access to various modules and commands.
See Modules Ribbon section.Online Help, Screen Settings and direct Account Access.
From ver. 2017.1, for a more convenient search of all available modules & data groups, we introduce the Ribbon Search form.
See Online Help, Screen, and Account Settings section.
Modules Ribbon
From the Main Menu Ribbon, you can access various modules:
Icon | Description | Hotkeys |
  | The Crew List is the main screen of the program from which all the other modules and functions of the program begin. Here you can find crew members' lists. | Ctrl+Alt+L |
  | The Requirements Profile the module gives a possibility to add position requirements. | Ctrl+Alt+E |
  | The Ports the module represents a list that contains information about all the ports used in the program. It is used to plan a crew change, define contact persons, necessary documents, and reports. | Ctrl+Alt+J |
  | The Contacts the module is a 'dictionary' that contains clients, agents, private contact information, etc. This information is used almost everywhere in APM. | Ctrl+Alt+B |
  | The Documents the module is designed to be a simple and efficient solution to store scanned copies of documents and any other files. Also, this module provides a unique possibility to merge documents to export any kind of personal information using templates in Word format. | Ctrl+Alt+D |
  | The Analytical the module is a comprehensive data analysis, data mining, and visual reporting solution. Users can break down raw data in any manner they require, using easy-to-understand drag & drop commands and instantly render the desired output to a report printout or export to file. | Ctrl+Alt+U |
  | The Report Generator Is a tool for importing and editing various kinds of reports. | Ctrl+Alt+P |
  | The The rotation Planning the module supports different tasks of managing the shipboard rotation of crew members. | Ctrl+Alt+R |
  | The Crew Change module stores data about on-signers and off-signers at each port. Here you can also assign relievers, perform promotions, book flights, etc. | Ctrl+Alt+C |
  | The Course Scheduler the module enables users to store information about course suppliers, different courses they offer, their schedules, the certificates they are covering. It enables to find/assign persons to courses and onboard drills. | Ctrl+Alt+H |
  | The Travels the module manages the travel requests created for a crew member, follows all processions of flights performed by your travel agent.
| Ctrl+Alt+T |
  | The Flight Inbox the module lists all flights booked/processed by an end-user.
| Ctrl+Alt+T |
  | The Payroll is an accounting module developed for defining routines, automatic calculations of payroll transactions, creating payroll reports, etc? | Ctrl+Alt+Y |
  | The Budget the module helps you to define monthly lump sums for different ranks and nationalities on certain vessels. | Ctrl+Alt+G |
  | The Timecard Registration the module provides you access to flexible and time-saving registration of TimeCard data, based upon daily, weekly, biweekly, or monthly Time Card periods. | Ctrl+Alt+M |
  | The Requisition and Invoicing the module is developed for making requisitions for seafarers and invoicing any existing clients. | Ctrl+Alt+I |
  | The Cabin Allocation the module is a simple and efficient tool for handling cabins allocation for the crew. It keeps a track of all the cabins of a certain vessel and by whom which of them is occupied. | Ctrl+Alt+N |
  | The Crew Station Bill the module helps to maintain the Muster roll and In-port Manning, giving an overview of which person is assigned to which role, his emergency station, and if he has any expired or missing certificates. | Ctrl+Alt+W |
  | From ver. 2018.1, we introduce the brand-new module designed to control the onboard crew who have shore-visits during a stay in a port but without signing off. |
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Every module has its specific commands under Manage tab.
Right-click the module space and its popup menu with the same commands as under Manage tab appears.
From ver. 2017.2, for data groups & modules we added the possibility to call a Find panel (same as earlier introduced in Crew List module).
This panel allows to narrow down the list of grid records to those that only correspond to search criteria:
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Each data group/module offering a grid allows you to call a Find panel.
Users can type any text they would like to search for.
The grid will be filtered to only show records which contain input text in any of the displayed fields.
To hide the Find panel, click Find icon again.
Quick Access Toolbar
Options
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The toolbar represents icons for the set of actions/modules/data groups, each providing the shortcut for the certain menu element without the necessity to select the corresponding menu on the ribbon.
Listing of the toolbar icons with the possibility to hide any of them.
To hide, remove the tick.Used for the Toolbar customization. Displays the entire system structure from a module to any of related actions with the possibility to add an element for easy and quick access.
See How to Add an Icon to Quick Access Toolbar section below.Used for the Ribbon customization, allowing you to re-group, rename & show/hide any of the ribbon elements to provide you with the interface suitable for your daily activities.
How to Add an Icon to Quick Access Toolbar
In addition to the Main Menu, it is possible to add an icon to the Quick Access Toolbar. Then, if a user often needs to work with a special data group/module, it will be very useful.
There are two ways of adding:
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Drag and drop selected command from the left column to the right or click
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To remove a command from the toolbar, drag and drop it from the right column to the left or click
After you are done, click OK.
Backstage View
Backstage view:
gives the possibility to change current client (org. unit);
gives the overview of recently opened modules and data groups;
allows to select the interface language;
let's view and manage your user profile;
gives access to various user options.
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  | Open Client, click if you want to change the current client. |
  | Open Recent, where you can see all available details about: crew list persons, data groups & modules, reports. |
  | Here you can select language: all elements of the user interface will be displayed using the terms of the selected language. |
  | View Profile, contains personal contact information of the currently logged-in user. |
  | Brief information about Adonis company. |
  | User Options, where individual users can select a variety of user settings to customize the manner of the system operating (for them only). |
  | Click to log off the APM. |
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Same changes are performed for Export allowing to export the active grid to an external file:
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Open Recent
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This section splits all available details into 3 groups: crew list persons, data groups & modules, reports.
The section displays the latest accessed elements as per what is selected in Section 1.
If you select Crew List, recently accessed persons are shown, the same approach is used for other elements to be selected.
Select Language
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You can switch between various localization languages offered by APM.
All elements of the user interface will be displayed using the terms of the selected language.
New other localizations can be added upon request.
View Profile
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This section contains the contact information of the user currently logged in. All information is presented as it has been added in Adonis Control Centre by your system administrator.|
An option that will help you to simplify access to the application.
When the checkbox is set, APM will offer you the corresponding login/password already inputted in the login form. This can be very helpful if your account is named according to a position in your company.Upload your picture to personalize your login name in Adonis Personnel Manager.
A screenshot of your signature can be uploaded to automatically appear in certain reports later.
User Options
Individual users of the Adonis Personnel Manager can select a variety of User Settings to customize the manner of the system to operate for them only.
All user preferences are saved and remembered for each user & do not affect anyone else.
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Options are split into logical groups as per what part of the application is affected.
Displays the set of options related to the corresponding unit in Section 1 & their current state for a user who is logged in.
Online Help, Screen, and Account Settings
This section gives you the possibility:
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Click the icon on the top-right side of the application, right next to a user name.
Input a text sample that should be searched, click Enter.
Context search will be applied through all elements of the ribbon. All found records will be grouped according to their general place in the application (Modules/Datagroups/Reports/etc.).
Grid Customization
You can customize your module's grid layout as you wish.
The available options are the following:
Let's take as an example the Contacts module.
Columns Ordering
You can move a column to a grid place you like. For that you need just drag and drop the column header to the required place:
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A filter row is a simpler alternative to filter dropdowns. It is displayed directly under column headers =
If a field contains string data, a filter row uses a LIKE operator. You can specify wildcard operators for a LIKE-match.
The default operators are a percent sign (%) for a substring comparison and an underscore (_) for single-character comparison.
Important: filtering is case insensitive.
Dock Functionality
From APM version 2017.4, we introduce the new customization approach to make your work with APM even more convenient.
We replaced internal Crew Lists (hide/show option) from Personal Details, Payroll & Timecard modules with new functionality to Dock the current module (crew list, contacts) or data group.
This gives you full filter and searches functionality in the crew list view that was not available earlier in the embedded crew list.
It also allows you to open any modules and data groups that do now have the embedded crew list in place beside the docked crew list.
So, the result can be as below:
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Docked Crew List to Left.The Crew List view will always be visible in the area you selected.
Its appearance will not be affected by other modules/data groups being open.
You can customize the width of the Dock area according to your needs by moving borders with the cursor.Chosen/opened modules and data groups will appear on the rest of the screen in tabbed or window mode according to your preference. You can switch between them freely.
When selecting another pin in the Crew list, all opened data groups will be updated according to the new person's data.Context/Manage buttons will be shown belonging to the docked crew list and data group/module currently active/selected at the main workspace area.
The functionality to save layouts works as before.Open Crew List module, under Manage the tab you will find the possibility to dock the crew list to the place on your working area as you wish (to left, right, top or bottom):
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We will be displayed on the right side of the crew list.
In addition to the crew list, you can also dock almost every data group (Activities, Competence, Overview, etc.) to various screen areas, using the same Dock button under Manage menu of the opened data group.
This allows you to customize your workspace most properly, for example:
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We docked the Crew list and Activities data group to the Left.
On the right, we can work with other modules/data groups.
There is a possibility to 'Pin' docked crew list or data group by using a special icon 
near its name.
Then docked screens will be displayed on the left in hidden mode and arise when you hover over it.
It can save your space. To reset – click this icon again.
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These Docking settings are user-related and will not affect any other application user.
To reset the Dock functionality back, click 
button under Manage menu.