This program lets you view and maintain text narrations for key fields (e.g. jobs, stock codes, structures, operations, etc.) within SYSPRO.
Unlike the Admin Notepad Editor (Rich Text) program (which has no restriction on the number of lines of text you can enter) there are limitations when using the Admin Notepad Editor (Monospaced Text) program to write comments and notes.
The following table indicates the limit on the number of lines and characters per line that can be entered when using the Admin Notepad Editor (Monospaced Text) program from various programs:
Program | Max number of lines | Characters per line | Comments |
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AP Invoice Registration | 60 | 100 | This applies to notes against registered invoices and against LCT registered invoices. |
Browse on AP Registered Invoices | 60 | 100 | This applies to notes against registered invoices and against LCT registered invoices. |
Suppliers Supplier Query |
100 | 100 | This applies to supplier notes and management notes against a supplier. |
Customers Customer Query |
100 | 100 | This applies to customer notes and management notes against a customer. |
Element Descriptors | 8 | 100 | This applies to narrations added to describe the elements of cost attributable to an element. |
Browse on Element Structures | 8 | 100 | |
Cash Book Deposits & Withdrawals | 30 | 60 | This applies to text against a remittance advice for an on-line check. |
GL Detail Lines | 60 | 60 | This applies to the user notation lines on a
report. From the Detail Line Maintenance function of the GL Define Financial Reports program, you can configure text lines to print on a financial report. These can be for a single line (up to 5 lines at 60 characters per line) or multiple lines (up to 60 lines at 60 characters per line). |
Structures and Routings | 60 | 100 | This applies to narrations text against a component of a parent stock code or against an operation for a parent stock code. |
Sales Order Entry | 100 | 100 | This applies to free-format comments against a sales order line. |
SO Counter Sales | 4 | 45 | This applies to free-format notes to print on the deposit refund receipt. |
Point of Sale Entry | 100 | 100 | This applies to order comments against the header and free-format comments against an order line. |
Factory Documentation | 60 | 100 | A maximum of 60 lines for factory documents, and 100 lines for narrations is allowed. |
AR Invoices for Customer | 100 | 100 | This applies to invoice notes for a customer invoice. |
AP Supplier Invoices | 100 | 100 | This applies to supplier notes for invoice. |
Browse on Standard Narrations | 60 | 100 | This applies to text assigned to standard narration codes. |
Configuration Maintenance | 60 | 100 | This applies to component narrations and specific operation narrations. |
Configurator Wizard | 100 | 100 | This applies to comment lines for the configuration. All additional comments attached to lines are not added. |
Stock Codes Inventory Query |
100 | 100 | This applies to information against a stock code
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Approved Manufacturers | 22 | 100 | This applies to approved manufacturer information. |
Approved Manufacturers Parts | 6 | 100 | This applies to approved manufacturer part number information. |
Purge and Archive | 6 | 100 | This applies to archive text information. |
Requisition Entry Maintenance | 60 | 100 | This applies to requisition notes and purchase order comments. |
Purchase Order Entry | 100 | 100 | This applies to free-format comments for an order line and to tracking notes for an order line. |
Requisition Entry | 60 | 100 | This applies to requisition notes against a requisition line and purchase order comments attached to a purchase order created from a requisition line. |
Requisition Create Purchase Orders | 60 | 100 | This applies to requisition notes and purchase order comments. |
LCT Vessels | 60 | 100 | This applies to vessel notes. |
Quotations | 100 | 100 | This applies to free-format comments for a quotation line. |
Estimates | 60 | 100 | This applies to structure narrations against a component and operation narrations against an operation. |
RMA Issues and Receipts | 100 | 100 | This applies to notes defined against an RMA issue and to action notes against an RMA receipt line. |
Return Merchandise Line Details | 100 | 100 | This applies to problem notes for an RMA line. |
RMA Browse on RMA History | 100 | 45 | |
Dispatch Note Query | 4 | 100 | This applies to dispatch note header comments. |
Deduction Review | 100 | 100 | This applies to a trade promotions deduction line. |
WIP Job Notes | 60 | 100 | This applies to job notations against a job. |
Labor Posting | 60 | 100 | This applies to narrations against a dummy operation. |
WIP Material Allocations - Browse | 60 | 100 | This applies to narrations against a material allocation. |
WIP Browse on Labor Allocations | 60 | 100 | This applies to specific narrations against an operation. |
The following indicates where the notes captured using the Admin Notepad Editor (Monospaced Text) program are stored in the database.
This indicates where the supplier notes (captured using the Suppliers and Supplier Query programs) are stored.
Table | Description |
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ApSupplierNar |
AP Supplier Narrations |
ApSupplierNarHdr | AP Supplier Narrations Header |
This indicates where the customer notes (captured using the Customers and Customer Query programs) are stored.
Table | Description |
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ArNarration |
AR Customer Narrations |
ArNarrationHdr | AR Customer Narrations Header |
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Copying inventory notes
From the Notes menu of the Inventory Query program, select the appropriate note you want to maintain.
Select Copy from the Admin Notepad Editor (Monospaced Text) window.
From the Copy Inventory Notes window indicate the stock code from which you want to copy notes and the specific type of notes you want to copy.
Copying standard narrations
From the Structures and Routings program, maintain an operation/component and select the Narrations function.
From the Narrations window select Specific Narration.
Select Copy from the Admin Notepad Editor (Monospaced Text) window.
From the Copy Standard Narrations window, indicate the narration code from which you want to copy text.