Dropdown options (formerly constants)

Constants basics

Editing constants

A warning about changing constants

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Utilities Menu

There are 13 major sets of "constants" used through out CIMS. These are options that appear in the dropdowns (select boxes) used when entering customer, ownership, burial, deed, etc. information. The options are editable and customization to your cemetery by you. To access the 'Constants' click on the "Utilities" menu item in the top navigation bar. then click on the Constants you want to edit. The constants that are available are:

• Burial Types

  Used when adding a burial on the Burial Tab. The usual types are:

  • Standard
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Cremation
  • etc.
• Branch of Service Types

  Used when adding veteran information of a customer. usually:

  • Army
  • Navy
  • Air Force
  • Marines
  • Cost Guard
• Care Funds

  These are the options chosen on the Car Fund Tab. These are complete custom to each cemetery and there are no usual types, but they mostly involve items such as upkeep and flowers.

• Funeral Homes

  When entering/editing a burial you can select the Funeral Home form this list. Each Cemetery's list will be unique.

• Map Feature Types

  Chosen when entering/editing a feature on your map.

• Marker Types

  Chosen when entering/editing a marker for space. The list will be unique to each Cemetery

• Marker Vendors

  The list of Marker Vendors also chosen on the Markers tab for a space.

• Relationship Types

  Relationship types are used when entering a burial for the relationship of the interred to the Owner, and also on the Contacts tab of the Customer Information screen to show the relationship of the contact to the customer. Standard lists includes:

  • Self
  • Mother
  • Father
  • Brother
  • Sister
  • Aunt
  • Uncle
  • Grand parent
  • etc.; add as many relationship types as your cemetery needs
• Restricted Types

  On the ownership tab for a space whose status is set to "Restricted" there will be a drop down with this constants options. Typical options are:

  • Tree in space
  • Waterline
  • Insufficient Space
  • etc.
• Space Types

  A required field for each space is the "Space Type", This is used in several reports and therefore very important that it have a value. The typical options for this constant are:

  • Ground Space
  • Crypt
  • Mausoleum
  • Cremation
• Vault types

  While not required it is useful to have for reporting, accounting and organization. These types usually include but are not limited to:

  • Concrete
  • wood
  • metal
  • green
  • etc.
• Vault Vendors

  and if you are listing the vault types might as well have the vendor for those types as well. These will be unique to each Cemetery

• War Types

  This is the list of options to choose from when entering Veteran Information. This can be very useful for Memorial Days and help veteran groups determine what type of decoration should be used.

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Editing Constants

Editing

To add/edit/delete a Constant, click on the Constant you want to edit form the Utilities menu and you will be brought to the "Constants Editing Page".

To add a new constant:

1. fill out the "Name"(required)
2. fill out the "Remark"(not required)
3. click the green "Add Item" button.

To edit an existing constant

1. click the blue "Edit" button to the right of the constant you want to edit
2. update the Name and Remarks Field
3. click the green "Save" button

To delete a constant: (WARNING: when deleting a constant you need to make sure that it is not in use/or set anywhere in your cemetery)

1. click the blue "Edit" button to the right of the constant you want to edit
2. click the red "Remove" button

To merge constants

1. Check the constants you want to merge and click the green "Merge" button on the bottom of the screen.
2. Select the constant you want to keep