The parameterized translations is a great tool for making certain fields more understandable for the end-users of the application.
Especially with the return of the HELP function in the Universal GUI
we have some great tools to ‘explain the application logic’ to the user.
What would be great is when the form-tooltip would be separated from the grid-tooltip, allowing the form-tooltip to be parameterized. (Not showing an ‘ugly’ curly bracket translation in the grid).
Why?
Hoovering over a field would allow us to explain to the user how a certain value is filled in. Giving room to a explanation with the values of the current row.
This would greatly improve the understanding of certain fields for our users, especially ones that are ‘filled in by the application’.
It is a step closer to the application than reading a help page or documentation about it, and provides a ‘live’ explanation without having to ‘calculate’ it yourself.
For example:
We have a couple of fields in a sales order line:
currency_id, quantity, quantity_unit, price_per_unit, total_price
It would be great if the form-tooltip of the total_price could be explained by hoovering over it, allowing us to fill this translation with the following:
{quantity} {quantity_unit} * {currency_id} {price_per_unit} = {currency_id}{total_price}
As an exampe filling the values currency_id, quantity, quantity_unit, price_per_unit, total_price in as follows:
$, 100, PCS, 2.50, 250
Would result into a form-tooltip for the ‘Total price ($)’ being filled with 250 as:
100 PCS * $2.50 = $250