If several entries can be assigned to field content, multiple selections are used. The fields of multiple selections consist of a central button for all editing functions (removal/delete, cut and paste, create new document, create report…) and the search window for the full-text search.

These elements contain generally also the following functionalities:

= Deleting the marked elements of the multiple selections (without clipboard-function)

= Cutting out the marked elements of the multiple selections (deleting with clipboard function)

= Copying the marked elements of the multiple selections.

= Pasting the marked elements of the multiple selections.

= Searching all valid data records of the type

= Creates a report for the selected data records of the multiple selections.

= Inverts all the entries (mark all not marked entries and vice versa)

In the following example two employees out of the project team have to be promoted to project managers. For this purpose the team members have to be first marked, than copied and …

… afterwards pasted in the element …

… project manager.

A multiple selection is either automatically defined by the system functionalities or manually. A system functionality of this kind is for example the project team in the document project. All issuers (persons in charge) of the jobs are automatically transferred here. An example for the manual definition is the basis for the skill management of Projectile: Assigning occupations to the employees.

By clicking on the magnifying glass in the field occupations, a dialog is opened…

… with all defined occupations in the system.

By marking the occupations and by activating the button “Include selection” the marked occupations will be transfered…

… into the employee document.

The example illustrates a compressed multiple selection. With the entries of the multiple selections are reduced and …

…and with the entries of the multiple selections are expanded once again.