Creating Your Unimatic Plus Jobs

Each one of the tasks that your create and request in Unimatic Plus is called a 'job'. You may create as many 'jobs' as you like prior to having the program sign on and begin the processing.

To begin, click on the 'New' button in the bottom right hand corner of the screen.

You are then presented with the Unimatic Plus Dialog Box.

Now scroll through the Function code list.

Once the desired job is selected and in place....

...click the down arrow for the list box containing the information that you would like to change or specify.

Now enter the specific info that you need to complete this job. Then click OK.

You are then presented with the completed dialog box. Please note that the file number has changed, as has the command line at the top that will be used to complete the job. 

Once you click OK, that particular 'job' is added to the list of pending Unimatic Plus jobs at the top right hand side of the screen, and the Status for the 'job' is Pending, which means it is ready to go.

At this point you can either click the 'Start' button and initiate the automatic processing, or you can choose to add another 'job' or two. For this example, we will add another 'job'. Click on the 'new' button display the Unimatic Plus dialog box again.

This time let's create a BLDNOT 'job'. Select the BLDNOT function and display it on the left.

You are then presented with the BLDNOT screen for entering your e-notes.

The BLDNOT screen is an actual word processor. This means that you can cut and paste, insert words, ...whatever you like. And it will automatically notify you once you have reached the Unimatic e-note text limit.

***If you have a long e-note that took you a while to compose, you should consider copying and pasting your e-note text into the Snapshot feature just in case there is a problem. This way you would be able to cut and paste the text back into a new e-note if necessary. If you lose an e-note before it is submitted, there is no way to retrieve it, and you would be forced to compose a new one.

Once your title and message are complete (the effective and expiration dates are optional), you can then click on the Address button which will take you to the Address Book.

To begin, click on the 'New' button at the bottom. You are then presented with the dialog box for entering recipients in your E-note Address book.

In this box, you have the option of either entering the information just as you would in Unimatic. That is the file number only, or the file number + domicile, or the domicile + name, or all three. Once you have completed your entries, click OK. You will then see the recipient's name entered in the Address Book.

You are able to add as many names to the Address Book as you like. The names are automatically entered in alphabetical order. But that can be changed. Notice the 3 buttons (File #, Dom, Name) above the entry. Once you have several entries, you can click one of these buttons. Those entries will then be sorted by that particular button name.

Next, you need to move your desired entry names from the Address Book over to the Mailing List. To do so,  first click on the desired entries to highlight them. Then click on the '>' button in the middle. This will move the highlited entries to the Mailing List.

You can also click on the '>>' in order to move the entire list in the address book over to the Mailing List all at once. The '<' & '<<' buttons work the same in the opposite direction.

Finally, click on the 'Send' button, and your BLDNOT 'job' is added to the list.

Let's add one more 'job' to the list.

Now click on the 'Start' button to begin the automted processing. You can see as each 'job' is processed, the status changes from Pending, to Processing, to Complete to keep you informed.

Once the processing is complete, you can then click on the desired 'job' at the bottom right, and the results will be displayed to you in "Replay Mode". This display is designed to avoid any confusion as to whether you are reviewing on an active Unimatic screen.

At this point, you can continue to add and process 'jobs', or exit Unimatic Plus. To exit Unimatic Plus and return to the Terminal, click on the "Exit unimatic+" button. The 'Delete' button will delete the currently highlighted 'job'. The 'Delete All' button will delete all of the 'jobs', regardless of their status. The 'Snapshot' button will take a picture of the current screen, and then save it into a word processor called Notepad for editing later. To access this feature, click on the Options menu at the top, and then choose the 'View Snapshots' menu item.