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Issue link: http://natca.uberflip.com/i/633543
They have to complete IDAC training at SNA prior to key site. The new T BFM 4.4.1 build will correct red space green space scheduling issues and an issue that caused the system to inadvertently shutdown. If the IDAC key site is successful, we will travel to ZID, IND, CVG, SDF, DAY and CMH to test IDAC and complete training. • The week of January 19, a TBFM training meeting was held in OKC to continue development of an industry training course and to begin efforts to update the National TBFM Course. • This week the Ops Team will be in Atlantic City for the TBFM 4.4.1 Ops Evaluati on. TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM(TFMS): Cliff Kierce (DCC) is the TFMS Article 48 Representative. His report is below. • Traffic Flow Management Deployment Team met January 12 - 14 at the FAA Tech Center. o Reviewed re - evaluated the new Reports Tool function o Found the tool to be retrieving reports as requested. However, there seems to be several problems with the Firefox browser and its interactive functions, which CSRA says they are not sure if they can fix the issues because the problems noted are F irefox design limitations. CSRA will continue to search for a more desirable answer. o Some of the problems noted were: o Button focus: When placing the cursor over a button, the button changes color or focus however the change is so subtle that it is mostly un - noticeable. o When saving a query, the list of available folders are preceded by an arrow, which animates in a way that suggests displaying the contents of that folder. However, selecting this arrow does not open the folder to view files and it does not automatically select the folder, which can mislead the operator of the tool. This could result in undesirable location for the file to be saved. o Printing: The page break that is set in the results section of Firefox is not the same as the number of lin es on a printed page so when printing what you may think is page 1 of the report, the printer could print several pages. CSRA is looking into a solution. Also, when printing, the margins are incorrect. CSRA is also looking into this. • The deployment te am spent time testing the merge/optimize function of PDRR/ABRR. CSRA made some changes to the decision tree in efforts to produce more desirable and expected results. Although there has been improvement in this area, Mr. Kierce believes more discussion n eeds to take place to help eliminate some of the errors found. • The team reviewed and prioritized CR's for CTOP • There was a short review of the PDRR/ABRR CBI. Suggestions were made to modify the CBI and to possibly combine both CBIs since we have delayed turning the systems on and adding additional functionality of the Departure Viewer for selecting flights into the Route Amendment Dialogue (RAD).