System - The group of applications supporting a broad area of LEA or campus management, or a specific group of applications (e.g., Business, Student, State Reporting, OCR, District Administration, System Administration).

Application - A particular application within a system (e.g., Accounts Receivable, Payroll).

Page - Selected from a menu or submenu, a page may have multiple tabs, or it may stand alone. A page can have fields, buttons, grids, report parameters, and other features allowing you to accomplish one or more tasks.

Tab - Some pages have multiple tabs allowing you to accomplish tasks that can be logically grouped together.

Field - A mechanism for inputting data, such as a text entry box, drop-down list, check box, or radio button. Each field has a label, such as the Employee Status field. Note that in ASCENDER online Help and other documentation, field names are displayed in bold font.

Report Parameters - Fields that allow you to input criteria for running reports. You will notice some report parameters are heavily bolded, which means that data input is required for that parameter.

Grid - A group of records displayed in columns and rows, or empty columns and rows in which to add new records, such as a table maintenance page.