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mrc | m-Power Non-Technical/End User Basic Training Course Syllabus


Course Objectives:
  1. To understand how to create basic web applications.
  2. To learn how to run applications to be more productive.
  3. 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

Notes:

If you would like to alter the syllabus above to focus on specific areas that are more important to your Non-Technical/End Users, please just let us know. We would be happy to accommodate your requests.