Catalogue > General overview of the Catalogue > Screen layout of the Catalogue

When you activate the Catalogue module by clicking on its icon, you will see the catalogue that was active the last time that you exited the software. That can for example be DM385E, which is an example catalogue that comes with cadett ELSA upon delivery.

At the top left, you can select which catalogue to present on the screen. The delivery of cadett ELSA currently comes with four catalogues, DM385E (an English demo catalogue), DEM385 (a Swedish demo catalogue), DEMO30 (a German demo catalogue), and DUMMY (an empty catalogue). If you switch to the DUMMY catalogue, you will immediately see the relevance of its name. A common way to take advantage of the fact that it is possible to have many catalogues is to use one catalogue for each important supplier.

The catalogue presents its resources partly in a survey with one row for each resource, and partly in detailed views with information about one resource at a time. Please note that the first column in the survey contains the important index i.e., a code unique to each resource. The index for the current resource, the one that is highlighted in the survey, and which therefore refers to the detailed view, is also presented above to the left of the detailed views, just below the catalogue name.

If your screen does not have a very good resolution, you cannot see all the detailed views at the same time. You can then slide sideways using a drag strip at the bottom of the detailed views i.e., just above the survey.

You move around between the various resources in the catalogue in the survey in the usual way, by clicking on the desired row, by using the drag bar in the right edge of the survey or by using the keyboard. <UP_ARROW> and <DOWN_ARROW> move focus one resource backward or forward respectively. Similarly, you can move multiple items backward or forward with <PAGE_UP> or <PAGE_DOWN>.