This video will go over the basic of data entry on an energy audit.
We are currently looking at the Energy Audit Main menu
to explain the basics of data entry,
Select domestic hot water for an example.
Data is added to the BAT
by entering data into predefined fields.
The types of fields the user will encounter are as follows
Editable and required.
Editable but not required.
Not editable.
These are pre-populated.
Specialty fields.
Radio Buttons.
Pulldown menus.
Specialty entry fields such as dates.
Use the calendar,
note fields, photo fields.
Some fields have imposed formats, dates, percentages.
The formatting requirements of these fields
are usually indicated in the tool adjacent to the entry field,
such as the year installed for a domestic hot water heater.
Some fields do not have required formatting restrictions,
but they may have character length restrictions.
In most
places, such restrictions are noted on the entry screen.
Large note entry fields generally
allow up to 4,000 characters.
Some smaller description fields may be restricted to as few
as 255 characters or less.
Before proceeding to the main menu or submenu,
the user must take one of the following action.
Press the save button, which is typically located
at the top and bottom of every data entry form.
If available, select add new, which will save the record currently
being worked on and prepare the form to enter an additional record.
Exit to the audit menu
by following the main audit hyperlink at the top of the page.
Note that the BAT does not have an explicit cancel
button for all data entries screens.
If data entry is begun on a form
and the user attempts to exit before add new or save is requested,
The user should press the escape key (esc)
which will clear the form and allow the user to move to another form.
There are
also a number of different types of user input controls that are useful
when doing an audit from a tablet without a keyboard
by double clicking different types of boxes.
You can access some of these alternatives.
For example, if you double click
a box that requires a numerical input, a number pad
will pop up on the screen as I am showing you now.
You can close this pop up by clicking cancel
or save. The buttons on the calculator function intuitively.
Go ahead and click cancel.
Next, double click a box
that requires a text or mixed input.
Note the on screen query keyboard.
This tool also functions intuitively.
It can also be closed by pressing save or cancel like I am doing now.
There are also dropdown
boxes such as for unit and multi selects
that allow you to select multiple options
such as for main uses of hot water.
The last alternative entry method is a spinner control.
If you scroll down to pipe diameter,
you can see arrows next to the box.
Clicking these arrows allow you to incrementally increase
the value in the box.
After making any changes to entries,
One should always be sure to scroll back to the top and click the Green
Save button.