Chapter 1: General Information
Icon Usage
As part of the graphical design of the suite of APPX financial applications, standards have been adopted for icon usage which combine symbols with color. Note that, in the examples given below, 'IS' refers to the Initial Setup phase of operation and 'RP' refers to the Recovery Processing phase.
Symbols have the following general connotations:
 | Data entry |
 | File maintenance |
 | Report or listing |
 | Inquiry |
 | Processing, posting, or updating |
Colors have the following general connotations:
 | Transaction-related function |
 | File-related function |
 | Routine or incidental function |
| IS or special purpose function |
 | RP, critical, or EOM/EOY function |
Symbol/color combinations have more specific connotations as shown in the examples below:
 | Transaction entry |
| Transaction journal |
 | Transaction audit info inquiry |
 | Transaction post |
 | File maintenance |
| File listing |
 | File audit information inquiry |
| Routine or incidental report |
 | Routine or incidental inquiry |
| IS or special entry function |
| IS or special file maintenance |
| IS or special forms/report |
| IS or special update function |
 | RP Post in Progress Flag Reset |
 | RP File Edit |
| EOM/EOY report |
 | EOM/EOY/RP update function |
| End IS or RP phase |
Note that lime-colored or magnifying glass symbols denote functions that you can run at will without any consequence. Yellow-colored icons suggest a more cautionary approach, while red-colored icons command the most respect.
In some cases, you will find that the icon associated with the menu item is a different color from the icon associated with the function itself. This is because the same function may be called from two or more menus, and may behave differently depending upon the context in which it is called. For example, the same file maintenance process may be called in both Initial Setup and Live Operations but there may be fields you can modify in Initial Setup that cannot be changed in Live Operations. The color of the menu item icon therefore should take precedence.