m-Power End-User Training Syllabus

Course Objectives:

• To understand how to create basic web applications.
• To learn how to run applications to be more productive.
• To familiarize yourself with mrc and the services we provide.

Day 1

• Introductions
• An overview of m-Power (Chapter 1)
  • What does m-Power do? How does it help me as a non-developer?
  • m-Power Terminology
    • Servlets
    • Tomcat/Web Server
    • Data Dictionary
    • m-Painter
• Templates
• Compiling/Building
• Development Window/Run Time Window
• Retrievals (Chapter 2)
  • What is a retrieval?
    • When to use a retrieval? (Many records, On-screen lookup)
  • Things that will be covered
    • File and Field Selection/Linking
    • Sequencing
    • Calculations (alpha, numeric, If/else, external objects)
    • Preformatting
    • Template Choices (Single, Multi, Calendar)
    • Smartlinks
    • Drill Downs, Advanced Search/Sort, AJAX
  • Watch a sample build
  • Now you try...(Workshops 1 & 2)
• Break
  • Helpful m-Painter Knowledge Tutorial
  • Hover-Over
  • Now you try...(Workshops 3& 4)
  • Real world Tutorial #1 (The Ever-Changing Top 15 Report)
• Lunch
• Reports and Graphs (Chapter 3)
  • What is a report? When to use a report? (Small set of data, Printing, often built off of a subset of data)
  • Things that will be covered
    • File and Field Selection/Linking
    • Sequencing
    • Calculations
    • Record Selection (prompting vs. hard coding)
    • Preformatting - Drop Down Lists
    • Template Choices
    • Summary vs. Detail
    • Graphing
    • Application Properties (XML File)
      • Governor
      • Output Choices
      • Print Options
      • Email
  • Watch a sample build
• Break
  • Now you try... (Workshops 1, 2, & 3)
  • Smartlinking/Drilling Down in reports
  • The Painter and specific report details
  • Question and Answer Session

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