Table Color Guidelines

Some tables use colors to help you read, analyze, or enter data more easily. Depending on a table's function, it may use color differently than other tables. This topic describes the system's main uses of color.

System-Wide Uses of Color

This table explains how colors are used in tables throughout the system. Depending on a table's function, it may or may not use these colors.

When you see...	That looks like...	It means...
a bright green cell		the highlighted item is in-process.
a cell change to pale yellow after double-clicking on it		the field is editable.
a green bottom row		the row is showing totals for that window.
a table with alternating row colors		every other row is colored differently for ease of reading. Alternating row colors reflect the system's default setting. To change the setting and make all the rows the same standard white color, from the File menu, select Preferences, and then de-select the Alternate Row Colors box.

Using Colors to Group and Prioritize Items

Some tables use customizable row colors to group and prioritize items. For example, when selecting "trouble" items in the Customer Calling Queue, you can set up different colors to prioritize orders by the number of days they are in trouble. Similarly, in Vendor File Maintenance you can assign a vendor a color to indicate the vendor's procurement priority.

Row colors are grouped and prioritized in different ways throughout the system. When row colors can be assigned, the window-specific instructions tell you how.

Note: When you assign custom row colors, your setting overrides the system's alternating row colors for that window.