Using the Cycle Browser

The cycle browser allows normal users to browse and view the available application cycles in your Zingoolarity instance and allows administrative users to maintain these (create, update and delete).

To invoke the cycle browser, select Cycles from either the main menu or from the home page:

(Zingoolarity cycle browser)

Searching & Filtering for Cycles

The cycle browser allows you to search and filter for the following cycle attributes:

• Name
  Enter part of a cycle name.
• Active
  Select whether you want to see all cycles, only active cycles or only inactive cycles.

Click the Search button to perform the search or click the Clear button to reset the already entered search criteria.

Exporting Cycles

If you are an administrative user, you can export the currently filtered list of cycles in ZML format to a local file.

Click on the Export button to perform the export.

A file named export_cycle.txt will be created in your local Downloads directory.

Adding a New Cycle

To add a new cycle, click the Add button.
The new cycle editor screen will appear:

(Zingoolarity cycle editor screen)

Let us have a look at the different available attributes of a cycle:

• Name
  The Name of a cycle represents a short and easy-to-understand label for the cycle.
• Detail
  The optional Detail of a cycle is a full text description, optionally formatted in HTML.
  You can enter HTML tags directly (e.g. if you want to underline something in the text, you can include it in tags).
• Active
  The Active toggle of a cycle can be used to disable (or enable) a cycle.
  Disabled cycles are not available in the various views or drop-down boxes of Zingoolarity.
  Setting a cycle to inactive can be used as some kind of soft delete.
• Sort
  The Sort of a cycle is a numeric value which directly influences the sort order of cycles in the different views of Zingoolarity.
  This order is honored for example by the cycle drop-down boxes.
• Style
  The Style of a cycle is an optional HTML style definition, which allows you to color-highlight your cycles.
  For example, if you enter background-color:#000000;color:#ff0000; here, you will get the cycle in red color on black background.

At the bottom of the screen, a couple of buttons are available:

• The Save button will just save your changes (without leaving the editor screen).
• The Save+Back button will do the same but return to the previous screen.
• The Cancel button will just return to the previous screen (without saving).
• The Delete button will request confirmation, will delete the record and then will return to the previous screen.
  Note: Deleting a cycle is only possible, if the cycle is not yet used somewhere in Zingoolarity already; if this is the case, you will see an appropriate error message.
• The Log button will show a historical transaction log of the current record (for auditing purposes).

Editing an Existing Cycle

To edit an existing cycle, click the Edit button next to the cycle in the list shown in the cycle browser after searching.