Product: Navigation

Getting Around In Bostonpost Property Manager

All functions of Bostonpost Property Manager are accessed with a single easy-to-use Windows program that any person familiar with Windows can learn in a few hours. The features of the software are accessed using standard Windows formats and techniques such as drop-down menus, tool bars, right-clicking, and double-clicking to drill-down to details.

Menus

Drop-down menus provide an intuitive road map to all application windows. The menu items users access and what information is available are controlled by security settings. Where users can go with the menus is determined by security settings.

Toolbars

Besides drop-down menus that present all application windows, the icons in the toolbar provide one-click access to the functions used most often.

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Navigation Bar
The Navigation bar provides fast access to a list of all properties and units in the portfolio and switches between four main views of information, the Household view, Unit view, Community view and Accounting view.

Drill Down

Where useful, application windows allow users to drill down to lower level detail information by double-clicking on displayed information. For example, in a window where properties and units are shown, the user can double-click on a unit to see details about the tenant occupying that unit.

Online Help

Bostonpost Property Manager provides an extensive online library of tutorials and help topics that describe how to use each application feature and window.

Using video and audio media as well as searchable text, the Bostonpost help system maximizes users’ comprehension and retention of new information and instruction.

How Information Is Organized

All information used by Bostonpost Property Manager resides in a SQL Server ™ relational database with over 300 data tables. The large number of data tables reflects the depth of features in the application and that the database is well designed to take advantage of the relational capabilities of SQL Server ™ .

Despite the huge amount of information managed by Bostonpost Property Manager, information about all properties and residents is presented in the same way - using the metaphor of a tab-divided notebook. This consistent and simple method of organizing information allows new users to learn how to do their job in a very short time.