Abstract Setup

The Abstract Setup is used to configure the values in the drop-down lists for the fields within the many Profile Pages in the Abstract Module. netFORUM gives you the ability to set up the Abstracts drop-down lists with association-specific information.

To Navigate to the Abstract Setup Page:

  1. Open the Modules Menu and select Abstract.
  2. On the Abstract Overview, click the Abstract Setup Page link.

Deleting Values

To Delete a Value From a Drop-down List:

  1. On the Abstract Setup page, on the appropriate child form, find the record you would like to delete and click the Delete button.
  2. You will receive a warning message. Click OK to delete the item from the child form.

Note: After a drop-down list item is used, you will not be able to permanently delete the item. However, you can hide the record so that it does not show in the list by disabling it. To disable the record, check the hide/disable record? check box (see below).

Editing Values

All of the Edit pages contain the same fields as their respective Add pages.

Hiding/Disabling Values

To Hide/Disable a Value From a Drop-down List:

  1. On the Abstract Setup page, on the appropriate child form, find the record you would like to hide and click the edit button.
  2. Select the hide/disable record? check box and click Save. This removes the value from all of the drop-down lists.

Note: There is no show option to reverse the hide option. If you need the value again, you must add it again.

Author Type

Example: researcher, graduate student, professor

To set up author types:

  1. Go to the Abstracts Setup page.
  2. On the author types child form, click add.
  3. Enter the author type.
  4. Click Save.