WMS: RF - Inventory Inquiry screen display limitation. Can we increase the screen size to show more records?

Answer

RF Inventory Inquiry screen does not show all the records. Users have to use the horizontal scroll bar to see the quantity.

In RF/mobile device, the size of the display is relatively small. Increasing the screen size results in disorientation across different RF devices and screens. As an optimal solution, the display characters are limited to show two or more records in this screen (maximum of four records).

When more records are displayed, the RF user will be prompted with a vertical scroll bar. Considering the screen already has a horizontal scroll bar even after moderate space utilization, it adds a limitation to show all the inventory records without displaying additional scroll bars.

In case of the RF device having a bigger screen, we suggest customizing the screen as per the requirement.  Screen display after customization depends completely upon the screen resolution and specific to the RF device screen.   

To increase the size of the screen (only RF inventory inquiry screen) in Sterling MCF 8.0 version:

Customize the specific HTML file by increasing the grid size of both width (columns) and height (rows).
Sample steps to implement:

1.      Navigate to <INSTALL_DIR>
2.      Create folder structure under <INSTALL_DIR>/repository/xapi/template/merged as below: extn/mobilescreens/rfinvinq
3.      Copy the file ‘frmItemLocInvDtl.html’ available under <INSTALL_DIR>: xapi/template/merged/mobilescreens/rfinvinq to    
      repository/xapi/template/merged/extn/mobilescreens/rfinvinq
4.      In frmItemLocInvDtl.html, search for the attribute “gridrows”. 
      This attribute is used to increase the number of rows in the screen.  Out-of-the-box (OOB) value of this attribute is set to 4. 
      Depending on the requirement, this value can be set according to the size of the RF screen.   If the value is set as 7, this screen will display total of 7 records in the screen.
5.      To increase the width of the table, set the value for the attribute “size”. Default value is set to 20. This can be changed according to the RF device.
6.      For further information on JSP/RF customization, refer to the Customization_Guide.pdf.

Note: Since the row size is increased to show three extra lines in the table along with the default four rows, there is an impact: The 'Back' button which gets displayed below the table in RF, will be overridden by the number of rows. 

To display the button after the change: Add extra <tr/> to push the button to the bottom of the screen. For example: If three extra rows are added in the gridrows attribute, ensure to add three extra <tr/> tags.