Data Format


The Data Format tab enables you to display and define the format of data in the transaction.

Detail View Header

The field in the top section of this tab defines the data that displays.

Import ID

Identifier of the import transaction. The run description displays to the right of the ID. This field has a list box.

Detail View

There are two screen groups in the bottom section of the tab, Descriptive data items and Quantitative data items, that display and define the format. The fields that appear in both screen groups are processed the same way. Unless otherwise noted, these fields are in both screen groups.

Unless otherwise indicated, the fields in these screen groups are required.

Descriptive data items Screen Group Table

Fields in the first screen group enable you to delete or define the format of data items in the transaction.

Delete

If this field has a check, the entire row is deleted when you click Save.

Data type

Type of descriptive data for which information is provided. This field contains a list box of the information in each transaction record used to identify data, so the choices that appear depend on the transaction type selected on the Basic Info tab. Each data type must be a valid entry based on the choice list.

Otherwise, this value is optional.

The following two fields apply if the Import format field on the More Info tab specifies FIXED:

Starting position

The character position in each transaction record of the first character of each data type. The first character position in the transaction record is position 1. If the Transaction format field on the Basic Info tab specifies COMMA-SEPARATED, this field is blank.

Length

Number of character positions in each transaction record occupied by each data type. The minimum value is 1. If the Import format field on the More Info tab specifies COMMA-SEPARATED, this field is blank.

Field number

If the Transaction format field on the Basic Info tab specifies COMMA-SEPARATED, this field must contain the relative position in each transaction record of each data type. The first field number in the transaction record is 1. The value of this item must be one more than the number of commas that precede this data type in each transaction record. If the Transaction format field specifies FIXED, this field is blank.

Right aligned

If this field has a check, leading spaces are removed from the value before it is validated or processed.

Quantitative data items Screen Group Date Table

Fields in the second screen group enable you to delete or define the format of numeric data items in the transaction.

Delete

If this field has a check, the entire row is deleted when you click Save.

Data type

Type of quantitative data for which information is provided. Each data type must be a valid entry based on the choice list. This field has a list box:

If the Classes tab of the Data -> Equipment Units -> Fleet Equipment screen assigns the equipment unit to an equipment class that the Meter Info tab on the Data -> Equipment Units -> Setup -> Equipment Class -> Primary Information screen specifies as having a meter type of NONE, the meter reading must be zero (0).

Starting position

The character position in each transaction record of the first character of each data type. The first character position in the transaction record is position 1. If the Import format field on the More Info tab specifies COMMA-SEPARATED, this field is blank.

Length

Number of character positions in each transaction record occupied by each data type. The minimum value is 1. If the Import format field on the More Info tab specifies COMMA-SEPARATED, this field is blank.

Field number

If the Import format field on the More Info tab specifies COMMA-SEPARATED, this field must contain the relative position in each transaction record of each data type. The first field number in the transaction record is 1. The value of this item must be one more than the number of commas that precede this data type in each transaction record. If the Import format field specifies FIXED, this field is blank.

Decimal point explicit

Qty of decimal places

Number of decimal places included in this data type. This information is used only if the Decimal point explicit field is blank.