Verifying Batches

To ensure that the data contained within the DEATH Database is 100% accurate, each batch is verified.    Two different data-entry clerks enter the same batch.  The original batch data, entered by the first clerk by choosing 'NEW' from the 'BATCH' menu, is stored in the DEATH database. The verification batch data, entered by the second clerk by choosing 'VERIFY' from the 'BATCH' menu, is stored locally on the clerk's computer.    As the verification clerk enters the data, it is checked on a field by field basis with the data contained in the original batch.  If the data entered by the second clerk in the verification batch does not match the data contained entered by the first clerk in the original batch, the 'Field Verification' dialog appears.   The 'Field Verification' dialog displays three pieces of information about the discrepancy:

1. FIELD NAME:
   The name of the field where the discrepancy occured.
   
2. CURRENT VALUE:
   The field data the verification clerk just entered.
   
3. ORIGINAL VALUE:
   The field data as originally entered by the first clerk in the original batch.
   

The 'Field Verification' dialog displays three buttons that correspond to the three choices that are available to the verification clerk to deal with the discrepancy:

1. EDIT CURRENT:
   Closes the 'Field Verification' dialog and returns the user to the verification form with focus given to the offending field, where it can be edited. 
    
   This Button should be used when the verification clerk has determined that the data-entry error is in the verification batch data rather than the original batch data.
    
   NOTE:  This is the 'default' button, ie: hitting the 'enter' key while this dialog has focus will behave as if the user clicked the button with their mouse.
   
2. EDIT ORIGINAL:
   Changes the appearance of the 'Field Verification' dialog to show an edit field with the field data from the original record in it, with two buttons below it; 'POST' and 'CANCEL'.  Show Me
    
   Use this to edit the field data in the original record and post it to the database.
   This Button should be used when the verification clerk has determined that the data-entry error is in the original batch data rather than the verification batch data.
   
3. ABORT TRANSACTION:
   Closes the 'Field Verification' dialog and issues a 'Cancel' to the current database transaction.
   If the record was being added, the insert is canceled.
   If the record was being edited, all edits are rolled back and the original record is restored.

Continue entering records in this manner until all records in the batch have been verified.  When the last record in the batch has been verified, a message dialog will appear that states that 'The Batch Verification is Complete'.  Show Me

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