SI Explorer File Menu - New Job: General

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Illustration SI Explorer's File Menu - New Job: General

Illustration Icon Indicating Helpful Hint The red asterisks (*) next to a field indicates the information is required.

Job name

The Job Name is required field that identifies your Job in both the SpecsIntact Explorer and Windows Explorer or File Explorer and may contain up to 16 letters and numbers with no special characters or spaces. By default, the Job Name printed in the top right corner of each SectionA set of files within the Division of a Master or Job that covers specific aspects of construction. within the Job.

Illustration Icon Indicating Important Information To Note Job Names will automatically appear in UPPERCASE, may contain up to 16 letters and numbers with no special characters or spaces.

Date Created

The date and time displayed is automatically generated by the system when the Job is created.

Job Title

The Job Title is a required field that provides additional detail and must accompany the Job Name. Job Titles can only be up to 64 characters, contain numbers, punctuation, spaces and both upper and/or lower case letters.

Illustration Icon Indicating Important Information To Note Job Titles should be entered in Title Case or UPPERCASE. They may contain up to 64 characters to include numbers, punctuation and spaces.

Contract

The contract number assigned to this Job can be noted.

Location

The physical location where the facility will be constructed can be noted, but not required.

Lead Specifier

The assigned lead Specifier for the Job.

Source

Used to capture the original Source of the specifications used in your Job. Such as particular UFGS Release or a Local Master . For example, 'UFGS May 2017'

Path

The default Working Directory path will automatically display in this text box. Other Working Directories will be displayed in the drop-down box, if they are selected in the Working Directories dialog box.

Illustration Icon Indicating Helpful Hint To create or change the Working Directory, select the Working Directories Button on this dialog box, the SI Explorer's Setup Menu > Working Directories or the Illustration SI Explorer's Toolbar Connect Working Directories Button ToolbarToolbars assists the user in preparing and editing specifications by allowing quick access to commonly used commands. If you place your mouse pointer over any toolbar button, you will see a tool tip telling you the command associated with that button. Button.

Primary Master

Displays the default Primary Master chosen during installation. A different Primary Master can be chosen for the Job by selecting the Connect MastersA group of standard Agency (Master) Guide Specifications used in the preparation of a Job. Button on this dialog box, the SI Explorer's Setup menu

Default Settings

Displays the default settings for the Submittal Register Format the CSISpecsIntact Section formatting conforms to the Construction Specifications Institute’s (CSI) format. MasterFormatMasterFormat is used throughout the construction industry to format specifications for construction contract documents. The purpose of this format is to assist the user to organize information into distinct groups when creating contract documents, and to assist the user searching for specific information in consistent locations. The information contained in MasterFormat is organized in a standardized outline format within 50 Divisions (16 Divisions pre-2004). Each Division is subdivided into a number of Sections.

Print

Will print the contents from all the Properties Tabs.

Additional Learning Tools

Illustration Icon Indicating eLearning Modules Watch the eLearning Modules within Chapter 2 - Creating a Job and Adding Sections.