Top Level Templates

Stanford University has a top level page that has sections laid out with left/center/right columns.
They also have links in the section titles entitled "See All".
How do they do this? I see no way to customize the layout of template sections into columns, nor how to add links in the title.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Stanford is testing a new template from Apple for iTunes U.
You can read more about it here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4433472

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Top-level Numbering Continuation Across Files in a Book

My department at work is looking to transition most of our files from Word to Structured Framemaker 9 (with an eye to DITA). I am trying to build a master template for this, and running into some numbering woes. I am fairly new to FM, so I'm hoping that there is an obvious solution to this issue, and it is just my inexperience standing in the way.
Currently, documents that we do manage in framemaker are books which contain different files:
1. Front Matter File
2. TOC file
3. First subject of the document
4. Second subject of the document
5. Etc.
In the template, I have created the top level style as "Chapter" and set chapter numbering to continue from previous file in the book. To me, this is the most obvious way to get FM to treat the top level (only) as continued across files. Historically, the department has just maintained seperate templates for each type of file in the book (i.e., Front Matter Template, First Subject Template, Second Subject (and beyond) Template, etc.). Because I don't envy the thought of creating and maintaining multiple structured templates with multiple EDDs to go with them, I have consolidated the templates into one master template that contains all the styles needed for whatever part of the document we are working with.
My issues are:
1. My team lead would like to abolish the use of the Chapter style in our books, and instead use Heading 1 as the top level in a book. Because we will be doing a lot of importing from Word, and all of our Word docs have H1 as the top level, she does not wish to have to bump all the Headings down in order to accomodate a new Chapter level on top after we import. If this is the best way to go, then how can I tell FM to continue numbering for only H1 across files? Can I just use the <chapnum$> variable in the Heading 1 style for numbering and get away with abolishing the use of any other chapter designation?
2. I believe it makes the most sense to set the template to continue numbering for the chapter variable from previous file in the book, since that is the most common scenario. Then, I can reset the first chapter in the book (manually) to start numbering at 1. Is there any compelling reason not to do this? Will this cause any issues when we go to update a book, provided that we make sure to set the numbering for that first chapter file correctly? I hear that there is a way to set numbering properties for an entire book, but I cannot seem to find this feature - only setting numbering for files within a book.
Thanks,
Hannah

Hannah,
Using a single template for structured work is a good idea. The template may get big as you add master pages, etc, but management will be much easier.
Use the <$chapnum> building block wherever you need it, such as in autonumbering for headings, tables, figures, etc. I would set the basic numbering properties in the template for the most often used case, such as a chapter. Thus, set the chapter numbering to be from previous and the page and paragraph numbering to be start at 1, if that is what you want.
After you create the book file and add the various books, you now have a book whose documents ALL have the same numbering. So, select chapter one IN THE BOOK FILE, right-click it and select Numbering. Set the chapter to be 1. If you want the front matter and TOC pages to be arabic, select the first such chapter, right-click and select Numbering and set the page number to be i; the chapter numbering can be anything. For pages like front matter that do not show chapter numbers, you will have to create special master pages that do not use the <$chapnum> building block. You can also set a chapter number to be text, such as Index.
Then update your book. The main point is that you set the numbering in the book file, not individual documents. If you do not, when you update the book, FrameMaker will warn you that the numbering in the book does not match the numbering in the documents. Note this is a WARNING. When you click OK, it uses the book numbering settings in the update, NOT the settings in the individual documents. So, it is always best practice to set numbering in the book file.
I forgot to add... I am not sure how easy it will be to convert Word files into structured FrameMaker. I never do it, but others in the forum will likely have some tips about it.
Van

XSQL file "Invalid at the top level of the document"

I am trying to insert HTML form parameters into database using <xsql:insert-request>. It worked fine except that it displays <xsql-status action="xsql:insert-request" rows="1"/> after it inserts the data into the database. I am trying to follow the insertnewsform example in Steve's book "building oracle xml applications" to return user a thank-you note. Here is my problem:
I have four files:
faqform.html (html form, action=faqfeed.xsql)
faqfeed.xsql
request-to-faq.xsl (used as transform for faqfeed.xsql)
thankyou.xsl (used for returning user a thank-you)
When I submit the html form, I get an error saying:
"The XML page cannot be displayed
Cannot view XML input using style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.
Invalid at the top level of the document. Line 1, Position 43
<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'UTF-8'?>"
I didn't put "encoding..." in any of my xsql files, not sure where that came from. When I used faqfeed.xsql?xml-stylesheet=none in the url and it showed up as a well-formed xml file with all the info I need. Here is my faqfeed.xsql and thankyou.xsl
********* faqfeed.xsql ***********
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="thankyou.xsl"?>
<page connection="template" xmlns:xsql="urn:oracle-xsql">
<xsql:insert-request table="faq" transform="request-to-faq.xsl"/>
<xsql:query tag-case="lower" max-rows="5" rowset-element="" row-element="faq">
select * from faq
</xsql:query>
</page>
********* thankyou.xsl **********
<html xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xsl:version="1.0">
<head><title>Thank you!</title></head>
<body>
<h3>Thank you for your faq!</h3>
Your faq has been successfully inserted to the database!
<table>
<xsl:for-each select="page/faq">
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="question"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="answer"/></td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Anything I am missing here that caused that error? Any hints would be greatly appreciated!
Wenqi
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Do the XSQL Demos work correctly on your system?
The error you're getting seems like maybe the *.xsql extension is not mapped properly to the oracle.xml.xsql.XSQLServlet class in your servlet engine.

How do I reorder top level pages in BC Site Map Settings?

I created a desktop and mobile version of web site in muse and am hosting through BC. The site map settings show the pages alphabetically.
1. - Is there a way to reorder the root level parent pages other than alphabetically? I see I can add the sub-level pages under the top-level pages via drag and drop, but can't reorder any pages. As I'd like to publish the site map to my website but would be unacceptable to have it starts with a 404, Home is somewhere in the middle...
2. - That being said, does this make any difference for SEO?
3. - Also, since I have made 2 versions of site (desktop and mobile) which contain same page names, they appear to be showing as dupes in site map settings function. How do I know which is which as reorder and include on site map?
Thank you in advance..

Yeah that is an issue web developers have been facing for years.
There are some work arounds that you can try:
1: Use the Tooltip Composition for the drop menus and set the transition time to a bit longer time so it isn't quite as apparent there is a secondary menu.
2: Set the menu widget to 'Manual' and add the link to the top level page to the drop menu as well.
3: Don't have a drop menu - just have a seperate template for each section that has drop menus and then in that template add a manual menu widget and add a secone menu to that template on the side or below the other menu or where ever with just links to the pages in that section.
There are probably a few more options but there is no way to really solve the problem with the way it is set up other than maybe creative menu link names. For example top level could say 'All Gizmos', then the drop menu links can say 'Gizmo One', Gizmo Two' etc.

Error using SOAPRunner: XML document must have top level element

Hi all,...................xMII 11.5.3 b66
I am attempting to consume a BLS transaction as a web service from a J2EE app.
When I test it with http://naholldo31020/Lighthammer/SOAPRunner/Amy/GetListOfPlants I am getting an error message from the browser. The BLS transaction works fine when called from a Query template. What am I missing?
The XML page cannot be displayed
Cannot view XML input using style sheet.
Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.
XML document must have a top level element. Error processing
resource 'http://naholldo31020/Lighthammer/SOAPRunner/Amy/GetL...
WSDL from WSDLGen...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <definitions xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
xmlns:http="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/http/"
xmlns:mime="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/mime/"
xmlns:s="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:s0="http://www.sap.com/xMII"
xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/"
xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" targetNamespace="http://www.sap.com/xMII">
- 
- <types>
- <s:schema elementFormDefault="qualified" targetNamespace="http://www.sap.com/xMII">
- <s:complexType name="InputParams">
- <s:sequence id="InputSequence">
<s:element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" name="RequestXML" type="s:Xml" />
<s:element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" name="RowCount" type="s:long" />
<s:element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" name="RowSkips" type="s:long" />
<s:element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" name="Table" type="s:string" />
</s:sequence>
</s:complexType>
- <s:element name="XacuteRequest">
- <s:complexType>
- <s:sequence>
<s:element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" name="LoginName" type="s:string" />
<s:element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" name="LoginPassword" type="s:string" />
<s:element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" name="InputParams" type="s0:InputParams" />
</s:sequence>
</s:complexType>
</s:element>
- <s:complexType name="Rowset">
- <s:sequence>
<s:element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" name="Row" type="s0:Row" />
</s:sequence>
<s:attribute name="Message" type="s:string" />
</s:complexType>
- <s:complexType name="Row">
- <s:sequence id="RowSequence">
<s:element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1" name="ErrorMessage" type="s:string" />
<s:element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1" name="OutputXML" type="s:string" />
</s:sequence>
</s:complexType>
- <s:element name="XacuteResponse">
- <s:complexType>
- <s:sequence>
<s:element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" name="Rowset" type="s0:Rowset" />
</s:sequence>
</s:complexType>
</s:element>
</s:schema>
</types>
- 
- <message name="XacuteSoapIn">
<part element="s0:XacuteRequest" name="parameters" />
</message>
- <message name="XacuteSoapOut">
<part element="s0:XacuteResponse" name="parameters" />
</message>
- 
- <portType name="XacuteWSSoap">
- <operation name="Xacute">
<input message="s0:XacuteSoapIn" />
<output message="s0:XacuteSoapOut" />
</operation>
</portType>
- 
- <binding name="XacuteWSSoap" type="s0:XacuteWSSoap">
<soap:binding style="document" transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http" />
- <operation name="Xacute">
<soap:operation soapAction="http://www.sap.com/xMII" style="document" />
- <input>
<soap:body use="literal" />
</input>
- <output>
<soap:body use="literal" />
</output>
</operation>
</binding>
- 
- <service name="XacuteWS">
- <port binding="s0:XacuteWSSoap" name="XacuteWSSoap">
<soap:address location="http://naholldo31020/Lighthammer/SOAPRunner/Amy/GetListOfPlants" />
</port>
</service>
</definitions>

Hi Amy,
here is an example how you can call a WS via http GET:
http://<server>/Lighthammer/Runner?Transaction=<path_to_your_TRX>&XacuteLoginName=YourAccount&XacuteLoginPassword=yoursecret&outputparameter=*
Please note you do not need to use credentials in case you calling localhost.
I think in your case this should be the right url:
http://naholldo31020/Lighthammer/Runner?Transaction=Amy/GetListOfPlants&XacuteLoginName=YourAccount&XacuteLoginPassword=yoursecret&outputparameter=*
Please change parameters for
- XacuteLoginName
- XacuteLoginPassword
- outputparameter (you can specify * or one of your transaction output parameter)

A problem Configuring Top-Level Navigation

hi, when i change the property of the Number of Display Levels in the Top-Level Navigation
(as shown in http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/5a/33befa45ca7f459b24d0c5d51d0749/frameset.htm)
I set to 0 and then hide the top-level navigation, i forget set the Detailed Navigation property level to 1
and now i dont have any access to the configuration menu and i cant do nothing,
can i change the Detailed Navigation set to 1 manualy outside the portal?
may be changing any configuration file?
thanks
Message was edited by: Jose Rubí
Message was edited by: Jose Rubí

Hi,
We have faced a similar problem earlier, one of the developers changed the property to 0. Luckily for us, one of the user id has got Content Administrator as the first tab, so we could change the iview template and got the TLN. Check this option.
The following is a theoritical idea only, i have not implemented this
Download "com.sap.portal.navigation.toplevel.par.bak" and change the code. Check out this link
https://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/42/fd515a2aa95277e10000000a1553f7/content.htm
You have to change the code as
levels=2;
before this line
if(levels>0)
{ %>
Take a backup of the existing TLN par and upload the edited one with the same name. Then try login and see whether you are able to get the contents, update the property back to 2.
Note : try to upload the necessary jar files in NWDS.

XML Error: Only segments are allowed on top level,found non-segment E1EDK03

Hi,
I have a problem in my senario of receiving XML files with a Business Connector (4.7), adding some data to certain segments and elements, do some mapping steps and then convert the XML file to SAP IDoc. Then the IDoc should be send to R/3 system via ALE.
The senario works so far, if I test it with the "Send XML file.." option in the menu "Test" of the Business Connectior itself.
If I try to send the XML data as string in my browser the following error always occurs:
$localizedError:
com.wm.lang.xml.WMDocumentException: Invalid IDocXML document: Only segments are allowed on top level, found non-segment E1EDK03
$errorType:
com.wm.util.coder.InvalidDatatypeException
If I send send a string containing the XML data incl. the data I actually wanted to add in a flow step, it works.
Can anybody help me?
Thanks,
Kai
Message was edited by: Kai Lerch-Baier

I had been using MC Internet Explorer until this . Have compared this one to functioning XML viewable with MS Internet explorer. Below is code I am using trying to resolve this problem.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?sap.transform simple?>
<tt:transform xmlns:tt="http://www.sap.com/transformation-templates">
<tt:root name="ecrtas"/>
<tt:template>
<tt:loop ref="ecrtas">
<ImportInstructions>
<ProjectSponsorInstruction>
<Instruction mode="Add">
   <SponsorName tt:value-ref="SPONME"/>
   <SponsorNumber>
     <IdValue name="Sponsor Number"><tt:value ref="SPONSOR"/></IdValue>
     </SponsorNumber>
    <SponsorType tt:value-ref="SPONTYP"/>
</Instruction>
</ProjectSponsorInstruction>
</ImportInstructions>
</tt:loop>
</tt:template>
</tt:transform>
Thank you again

Find a specific Sublayer and move to top level layer

I have a lot of illustrator files that are organized by a template size. The layers are setup so that the top level layer is always Template. However the sublayer I need to move to the top level could be called 42 Pg Border or 30 Pg Border or 24 Pg Border.
Is there a way for a script to search through the layers and if it finds "42 Pg Border" or "30 Pg Border" or "24 Pg Border" in the sublayer Template it would move it to the top level but if it doesn't see one of those it doesn't give an error?
I'm still new to scripting so the extent of my knowledge on this is to scan all the layers and unlock them. Then look for a specific layer name. It's the sublayer and moving it to the top level that I am not sure of.
Here is my current code:
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var allLayers = doc.layers;
for (var i = allLayers.length-1; i >= 0; i--){
    allLayers[i].locked = false;
    if (allLayers[i].name == "42 Pg Border" || allLayers[i].name == "30 Pg Border" || allLayers[i].name == "24 Pg Border") {
        alert("I found the " + allLayers[i].name + " layer")
    } else {
        alert("Not the right layer")
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I am using CS4 on a Windows 64 Bit PC with JavaScript

OK so that code is really close! I tweaked it a bit. I kept getting an error that said cannot move a locked layer. So I just made a loop to unlock ALL the layers first thing. Then to get rid of some of the "extra" code I wrote I changed this line:
if (layer.name == "42 Pg Border" || layer.name == "30 Pg Border" || layer.name == "24 Pg Border") {
to this.....
if ((layer.name).substr(-6) == "Border") {
So now instead of looking for 42 30 24 (and other border templates I may have to add) I just told it to look at the 6 characters at the end of the string (which will always be the word Border).
OK so now the code runs and does what it is supposed to but I am getting an undefined in my javascript console in extendscript. Any ideas?
Current updated code:
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var allLayers = doc.layers;
var count = 0;
for (var z = allLayers.length-1; z >= 0; z--){
    allLayers[z].locked = false;
for (var i = allLayers.length-1; i >= 0; i--){
deeper(allLayers[i]);
if (count == 0){
     alert("No Border Layer Found");
function checkLayer(parent,layer){
    if ((layer.name).substr(-6) == "Border") {
layer.move(allLayers[0],ElementPlacement.PLACEBEFORE);
        ++count;
function deeper(parent){
var subLayers = parent.layers;
if (subLayers.length > 0){
for (var i = subLayers.length-1; i >= 0; i--){
checkLayer(parent,subLayers[i]);
if (count>0){return}
deeper(subLayers[i]);
} return

Reentrant top level vi

I have a fairly large top level application vi which contains a number of non-reentrant Functional Globals. It is a cRIO RT application. The product which this LV application supports is modular. That is, the end product is being expanded by integrating a duplicate set of the hardware. From a software control standpoint, the same LV application could be used to support the expansion. Thus, on the cRIO a second instance of the top level application vi running from a parallel loop would do the job. However, because of the non-reentrant Function Globals this will not work because state needs to be maintained. I see two options for a solution:
1) Duplicate the top level vi hierarchy with unique file names for all functional global vi's. This would be very inefficient.
2) Change the functional global vi's to re-entrant, pre-allocated. This may be the best, but has it's issues because the application calls these vi's in different places.
Any other suggestions to manage a modular architecture like this?

Here, I got it to work.
You make your functional global a non-reentrant template and you make your top level vit a reentrant vi template. Then when you launch the top level vit dynamically you will get two independent instances of the functional global. I used VI server methods but you could most likely use start async call if you are using LabVIEW 2012.
Run the Main.vi and you will see that each launched template VI increments its counter independent of the counter in the other vit.
CLA, LabVIEW Versions 2010-2013
Attachments:
vitemplates.zip ‏25 KB

Create view that shows resource work in hours per month for top level tasks on the project

I'm relatively new to project so hopefully this is easy.
The management for the organization I am working at now wants me to break out every resource on the projects hours by top level tasks per month. Resource usage gets very close but I can't figure out how to make it show only the top level tasks. Does anyone
have any ideas on how to do this?

Hi Nick,
I'd suggest (assuming you're working with Project Standard, not connected to Project Server) to generate a visual Excel report (project tab of the ribbon, then visual report), choosing the Budget work report template. Then in Excel, inserting the resource
and task column, you'll see the work consolidated at any task level by resources.
See reference below:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/project/archive/2006/05/08/visual-reports.aspx
Hope this helps,
Guillaume Rouyre, MBA, MCP, MCTS |

Error 1127 occurred when open multiple instances of the same LabVIEW top level VI?

I try to open multiple instances of the same LabVIEW top level VI, After search some messages in the forum,I know it should use vi template, But error 1127 still occurred when i used template(In my program, Click menu file->new). The information about error 1127 is "Cannot instantiate template VI because it is already in memory".
Here is my code. can any one help me? Thanks.
Attachments:
test.zip ‏13 KB

Hi,
You are trying to obtain a path from the VI location but the VI has no location because its an instance of the VIT and therefore the path is <not a path>.
Regards
Ray Farmer
Regards
Ray Farmer

Format Text tab is missing from Edit on Top Level Site home page

Hello,
Hoping for some help - not sure where to go with this.
I've been working on a SharePoint site for my company.
I need to change the top level site main page text layout to 3 columns.
I am pretty sure I was able to do this a few days ago but now when I edit the page the Format Text tab is not there.
I can get it on all my sub sites, just not the top level site.
I must have screwed this up somehow but I haven't a clue as to how to get it back.
Thanks
Steve

Hi Steve,
It sounds as though the site template for your root web is a team site or general collaboration site that is using content pages stored in the sitepages library. Is that correct? If you are using publishing features than you could set a custom layout in
the "pages" tab, but it sounds as though you do not have this feature.
A workaround could be to create a new page with 3 columns, copy your homepage content to this new page and finally set the new page as your homepage.
Eric Overfield - PixelMill -
ericoverfield.com -
@EricOverfield

Top level application structure with parallel data acquisition

Hey all LabVIEW-forum members!
I have some experience programing LabVIEW, but mostly concerning smaller for the simplest form of data acquisition. Now I need to develop a larger application that might be continuously run for several weeksin a row and for that reason I woiuld like to make sure the application structure is stable! I turn to you in hope of some input regarding the most suitable approach to my problem or some pointing in a good direction.
-The project involves making hardware communication with a few different hardware interfaces, such as GPIB and NI’s DAQ-card (analog and digital reads/writes on PCI-6221).
-Save acquired data to disk.
-The communication and data save are based on condition of elapsed time (for example there could be a need to make parallel analog measurements med DAQ-card every 5th minute but GPIB-measurements every 30th second).
-At the mean time I would have to regularly the status of the test object and update the user interface. (However, while in test the user won’t be allowed to interact with the application other than to monitor the UI or pause the test).
The project isn’t really time critical (in case I need to make one type of data-acquisition while another one is already initiated, they can be carried out in sequence).
I’ve started with programmatically control the user interface by using the “Top Level Application Using Events”-template and produced code that will let the user set up a new test or load an existing test. All the data concerning the status and configuration of the test I’ve saved in two clusters that can be passed along to different events.
I’ve reserved one subdiagram in the event structure for the actual execution of the test. It is the structure of this subdiagram I am a bit confused about…
Could I use another while-loop/event-structure inside this subdiagram and use user-registered events for the different data acquisition? Or is there some type of state-machine that is better suited to monitor time elapsed and can make a transition to a suitable state when it’s time to make any of the hardware measurement required? It would be nice to avoid using polling loops but maybe that is best way to go?
I’ve checked the “Continuously Generate Occurrences.vi”-example and that might be a way to go? What seems to be good with this approach is that I could let the different parallel hardware acquisitions actually be parallel, right?
I am really confused right now, hope someone has some helpful inputs!
Regards
Oscar

This post here can be proved as a great starting point for your application.
I am not allergic to Kudos, in fact I love Kudos.
Make your LabVIEW experience more CONVENIENT.

Possible to Have ToC Default to Show Only Top Level (collapse sublevels)?

Howdy!
I'll bet I'm not the only one wishing for this. Let's say you're using Captivate 4's Table of Contents feature with a longish movie of Cp slides, which is chunked into bite-size sections content-wise. In the ToC, though, you can't mimic that same organization scheme; at least, the learner would first need to collapse all the ToC folders you've created so they see only the top-level listing.
This can be a critical issue: keeping the at-first-glance list in the ToC brief enough to be inviting to learners, yet allowing learners to drive which details are currently visible.
A movie's topical hierarchy could be along these lines, for example ...
Section 1 - National Brands
What are National Brands?
Why Are They Important to Our Business?
Working with Nat. Brands
Practice Your Knowledge
Section 2 - International Brands
What are International Brands?
Why Are They Important to Our Business?
Working with Intl. Brands
Practice Your Knowledge
You'd like to organize the ToC to show only the section titles (1st level) and to suppress the 2nd-level detail (slide titles) until the learner chooses to expand the folder to see those details.
I've tried things like grouping the slides into sections in the Storyboard view and organizing the slides into sections strictly within the ToC -- both to no avail.
Has anyone solved for this need yet?
I'm all ears, and you'd be doing learners of the world a huge favor.
Thanks!

Hi, Jim.
Thanks for being 'on the case' and looking into this so quickly. Your
findings are encouraging, although my user base is generally working with
IE 6 and FP8 or 9.
Since the only thing I may influence is getting IT to help push out FP10,
I'm hoping it's more of a player- than a browser-version issue.
I'll test things out by Monday and let you know the results. Wish me luck!
Dave
                                                                                From:       Jim Leichliter <[email protected]>
To:         Dave Tressler <[email protected]>
Date:       03/26/2010 06:02 PM
Subject:    Possible to Have ToC Default to Show Only Top Level (collapse
              sublevels)?
Dave,
I just tested this on my local web server and it worked fine. I created a
blank project with 8 slides. Created my TOC with grouping... 2 slides in
each group. I turned on self paced learning. I tried with and without the
widget and it picked up where I left off in either case. See
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B86WuEq6SVwRNWIwMjhjODctMjE2Yy00MWE2LWI5YzEtMGQxYzNjOWQ0Z mI2&hl=en.
I published using FP10 and IE8 to view. Notice any difference between
your project and this one?
Thanks,
Jim Leichliter

Inactive component cost not rolled up to top level item

Hi
Our scenario is as follows: we have a top level item with a BOM. And some components of the BOM are having material status u2018inactiveu2019. Inactive means materials will not procured and sold, however we could have inventory which can be consumed in production of other materials. In other words inactive items are like old items. These inactive items already have costing value. And we donu2019t want to recost inactive items.
Having described above scenario, the requirement here is when we run costing for top level item, system should take costing value of inactive items and roll up into top level item costing which is NOT happening now. Client donu2019t want to recost inactive items. The reason for not recosting inactive items is the recosting could change cost of inactive items significantly. We are using 4.7 version and standard costing.
Would appreciate any ideas or suggestions in this regard.
thanx
Sunil

Thanks Young for the reply.
We already set 'do not cost' indicator for inactive components. And these inactive components do have standard costs valid up 10 12/31/2999. It seems bom explosion is excluding these materials. it is ok to exclude. However the existing standard cost of these inactive components did not roll up in to top level. when I checked the costing status log, it says material ABCDF123 in plant 3344 has material status 40: Inactive.
I checked BOM as well and inactive component is flagged as 'relevant for costing'.
We are using following valuation varaiant
Strategy Sequence -> 1. Planned Price 1 2.Standard Cost
Transfer Control - Complete Transfer
thnx

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