User Fields Required is where you take the user fields you have defined in User Field Definitions and decide where you want to use them.  That is, for each user field you decide where it will appear on the screen and whether it will be used at the job or operation level.

Once a user field has been defined and is used by DMS, it cannot be deleted unless all references to the user field are assigned to another user field or all references are deleted.  Instead of deleting a user field you can make it unavailable for use by unselecting the Available check box.

When you select Tables | User Fields | User Fields Required, the following windows appears listing the current user fields:

Valid commands are:

1. New To add a user field to a job or operation, select File | New or click on the new icon .
2. Edit To edit an existing user field attached  to a job or operation, highlight the user field in the grid and select File | Edit or click on the edit icon .
3. Sequence To sequence the job user fields on the screen and assign a text file import number, select File | Sequence or click on the sequence icon .
4. Delete  To delete an existing relationship between a job or operation and a user field, highlight the user field relationship in the grid and select File | Delete or click on the delete icon .  DMS will confirm the delete.  Click OK to delete the user field relationship, or click Cancel to cancel the delete.

User Fields Required has two tab:

1. User Field Required tab
2. Mapping/Sequence Prompts tab

User Field Required tab

If New was selected, the following window appears.  The first tab User Field Requirement is used to set a relationship between a user field and a job or an operation:

The following explains the prompts on the User Field Required screen User Field Requirement tab:

1. Type  Enter the type of user fields which is either "Manufacturing Job" or "Manufacturing Operation".
2. Name  Enter the user field name from the drop down list.  The user field name must already be defined by User Field Definitions.
3. Import map #  The import map number is a number from 1 to 999 that uniquely identifies the user field for importing and exporting jobs/operations from/to a text file (see Import/Export Job File Format).  If you are importing/exporting jobs and their operations, DMS needs to be able to uniquely identify each user field and it does this by using the import map number.   Each user field should have its own import map number.  (The import map number can also be set on the Mapping/Sequence Prompts.)  Note that it is up to you to enter a unique import map number for each user field and keep track of the number for importing and exporting purposes.
4. Explanation  An optional explanation can be added about the user field.

If New was selected, you can click the Save & New button to save the entry and keep this screen open to add another new user field requirement.  Click Save & Exit to save the user field requirement.  Click Cancel & Exit to ignore the entry and exit the screen. 

Mapping/Sequence Prompts

The second tab Mapping/Sequence Prompts is used to set the sequence of job user fields on the Manufacturing Order  job tab. The example below shows the mapping/sequence prompts tab:

The following explains the prompts on the User Field Required screen Mapping/Sequence Prompts tab:

1. Type  Enter the type of user fields which is either "Manufacturing Job" or "Manufacturing Operation".  If you select "Manufacturing Operation", you can set the import mapping number, but the prompts Prompt on same line and Blank line above do not have any affect as the operations tab display is set by the Operation Grid Selections. 
2. Prompts  The current user field prompts are listed for the selected type.  You can drag and drop the user fields within the Prompts list box in the order you want to the prompts to appear on the Job tab.  (Dragging and dropping the operation prompts do not affect the order on the operations tab as it is set by Operation Grid Selections.)
3. Prompt on same line  If the type is "Manufacturing Job", you have the option of a user field appear on the same line as the user field above it on the Job tab.  You can have up to two user fields per line.  As an example, if you have job user field "CAD Number" and job user field "Color", and you want "Color" to appear on the same line as the "CAD Number", perform the following:
1. Drag the "Color" user field to be under "CAD Number" in the Prompts list.
2. Highlight the "Color" user field in the Prompts list.
3. Check the box Prompt on same line
4. Blank line above  If the type is "Manufacturing Job", you have the option of adding a blank line above the user field on the Job tab.  Adding a line above the user field is used to space user fields on the job tab for ease of use and reading.  As an example, if you have job user field "CAD Number" and you want to add a blank line above it on on the Job tab, highlight "CAD number" in the Prompts list and click on the check box Blank line above.
5. Import map #  The import map number is a number from 1 to 999 that uniquely identifies the user field for importing and exporting jobs/operations from/to a text file (see Import/Export Job File Format).  If you are importing/exporting jobs and their operations, DMS needs to be able to uniquely identify each user field and it does this by using the import map number.   Each user field should have its own import map number.  (The import map number can also be set on the User Field Required tab.)  To set he import map number, highlight the user field in the Prompts list and enter import map number.  Note that it is up to you to enter a unique import map number for each user field and keep track of the number for importing and exporting purposes.
6. After the changes have been made, click OK to save the changes.  Click Cancel to abort the most recent changes you have made.