Create Stamps

To create a stamp, click Date Stamps on the Manage tab and click Create. The Create Date Stamp window is displayed.

Note:
In a Global Project, stamps must be applied to GSTWLD, not to System Stamp World.

Enter a Name for the Stamp, a Description, and a Function.

There are several ways that the user can select the sessions to be stamped and the databases to be used.

Use Set Date to set the time and date to be used to select the sessions to be stamped, or click Now to set the time and date to the current time and date. For the selected databases, the last sessions that are dated before the Set Date will be stamped. The default method of selecting sessions to stamp is to use a time and date, although the user can select sessions directly instead.

Use Build Stamp to specify how to select the databases that are to be stamped. The options are as follows:

• The Project selects all unique Databases (DBs) in the project. Any duplicate DBs that have the same DB number are displayed automatically, so that the user can choose which of the duplicates they want to stamp. If the user decides that they do not want to stamp one of the duplicates, the user can choose to skip them completely.

• By Database Sets selects DBs in the selected DB set.

• By MDB selects DBs in the selected Multiple Database (MDB).

• By Team selects DBs in the selected team.

• By Databases & Extracts allows the user to individually add an existing DB or extract.

• By Working Extracts allows the user to individually add an existing working extract.

The user can select to Stamp database sessions in either of two ways:

• Date selects sessions by using the Set Date. The last session for the selected databases before the Set Date will be stamped.

• Session allows the user to use the Session gadget below the Databases & Extracts frame to select sessions directly. The user can only use this option when stamping by Databases & Extracts or by Working Extract. If the date of a session that the user selects is not the last session before the Set Date, they will be prompted to confirm their selection.

The databases that match the selected Stamp option are displayed in the selection list immediately below it ‑ the list’s name changes depending on which Stamp option the user selects. Note the Sort and Filter gadgets at the base of the selection list. If the user selects to Stamp database sessions by Session, they can use the Session gadget to display the available sessions for the selected DB.

The Stamped Databases frame shows the database sessions that the user wants to stamp. Select the relevant elements from the selection list and use the down arrow to add them to the Stamped Databases. If the user is stamping DBs by Session, they will only be able to select one DB at a time. To remove DBs from the Stamped Databases, use the up arrow or click Remove All to clear the entire list.

Click Apply, and the new Stamp will be created, with the selected database sessions being stamped.

Click Dismiss to close the window.