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<Session ID="/baanerp/da/xch/daxch0103s000" xml:lang="en">
	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">ASCII File Fields (daxch0103s000)</Title>
	</Header>
	<HelpTopic xml:lang="en"><AimSection><Paragraph class="Default">
                                 Use this session to create <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> fields in an <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> that is used in the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000003" role="glossary">exchange scheme</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</AimSection>
		<GeneralSection><GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Tip</SectionTitle>
				<List><ListIntro>You can use three methods to create an <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> field:</ListIntro>
					<ListItem>Copy an existing data <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000007" role="glossary">definition file</Link> of an <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> generated during the data export.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Copy the definition from the ERP LN table definitions if there is no ASCII data <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000007" role="glossary">definition file</Link> available.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Define the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> fields manually.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</GeneralSection>
			<ProcedureList><ListIntro>To create <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> fields, do as follows:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Enter the field number, and the field name and select the field type.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Specify the field length and start position of the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> field under <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Field Dimensions</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Specify additional details of the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> field under <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Numeric Format</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
			</ProcedureList>
			<Note><SectionTitle>
                                    Note
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<List><ListItem>Do not create more than 250 fields per <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link>.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>If you want to add more information, click the Text button on the toolbar to start the text editor.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</Note>
		</GeneralSection>
		<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>
                                 Related topics
                              </SectionTitle>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000005" role="manual">To use a details session</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/da/onlinemanual/000001" role="manual">Introduction to the Exchange module</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/da/onlinemanual/000002" role="manual">Introduction to the master data business object</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/da/onlinemanual/000013" role="manual">Relation between logical ASCII files and physical ASCII files</Link>
			</RelTopic>
		</RelatedTopics>
	</HelpTopic>
	<Fields><FieldHelp ID="daxch003.cxch"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Exchange Scheme</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>A blueprint that defines the general parameters that are used during a data-exchange process, such as the location of files, the use of an audit trail, and other default settings. The exchange scheme contains all definitions of the data that must be exported and/or imported. The ASCII files, conditions, batches, table and field relations, ranges, and conversions that belong together are grouped in an exchange scheme.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">The exchange scheme is created in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/da/xch/daxch0501m000" role="session">Exchange Schemes (daxch0501m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="daxch003.casf"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">ASCII File</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> name.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">Every ASCII file that is linked to one or more ERP LN tables must have a unique ASCII file name.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph class="Default">If you want to copy the of the ERP LN table fields automatically, the ASCII file name must be the same as the ERP LN table name. This is an option if you do not have a data <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000007" role="glossary">definition file</Link> of the ASCII file.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph class="Default">The ASCII file is created in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/da/xch/daxch0102m000" role="session">ASCII Files (daxch0102m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="daxch003.fdno"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Field Number</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Enter a field number for the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> field.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">If a field separator is used, ASCII file fields are positioned according to this number.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph class="Default">The field separator is defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/da/xch/daxch0101s000" role="session">Exchange Schemes (daxch0101s000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<Note><SectionTitle>
                                    Note
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">The number is increased automatically: when you define a new ASCII file field, ERP LN enters a number of value ten greater than the field with the highest value.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph class="Default">The <Emphasis>order</Emphasis> of fields specified by the field number is important, not the actual field number. Because numbers like 10, 20, 30, and so on are used, it is easy to insert field numbers at a later stage.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="daxch003.fdnm"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">ASCII Field</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Enter the name of the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> field.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">This field is automatically filled in if a data definition file of the ASCII file or ERP LN table is used.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph class="Default">The ASCII field is associated with the data found in the physical ASCII file in a certain column. These fields are mapped to ERP LN table fields in the import and export file relation sessions.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="daxch003.dsca"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Description</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Enter the description of the ASCII field.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="daxch003.ftyp"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Field Type</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Enter the data type of the ASCII field.</FuncDesc>
			<AllowedValues><SectionTitle>
                                    Allowed values
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">See <Link href="/baanerp/da/domains/xch.ftyp" role="domain">Possible values</Link>
				</Paragraph>
			</AllowedValues>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="daxch003.stpn"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Start Position</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Enter the column number in an <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> where the ASCII file field starts.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">The start position declares the position of the data in physical ASCII file.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph class="Default">If no field separator is defined in the details session of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/da/xch/daxch0501m000" role="session">Exchange Schemes (daxch0501m000)</GUIRef> session, the start position must be specified.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<Note><SectionTitle>
                                    Note
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">If this field is changed, you do not have to generate the import program or the export program again.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="daxch003.leng"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Length</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The length of an <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> field, which is alphanumeric or numeric, with a variable length must be specified. No length is specified for an ASCII file field with a fixed length.</FuncDesc>
			<Note><SectionTitle>
                                    Note
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<List><ListItem>If this field is changed, you do not have to generate the import program or the export program again.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>The length of an ASCII file field that represents a multiline text is zero.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="daxch003.dfor"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Date Format</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Define a Date Format for a numeric field in an <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link>.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">If no date format is defined for an ASCII file field, the Default Date Format will be used.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph class="Default">If the ASCII file field was created using ERP LN audit files, the Default Date Format must be set to ERP LN Number.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<Note><SectionTitle>
                                    Note
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">If this field is changed, you do not have to generate the import program or the export program again.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="daxch003.dcpt"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Floating Decimal</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>
                                 If this check box is selected, the decimal point can be placed at any position in the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> field without the decimal actually being present.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">The number of digits after the decimal point must be specified in the following field.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="daxch003.dgdc"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Nr. of Digits after Decimal</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The number of digits after a floating decimal point defines where the decimal point is placed in a numeric field.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/da/xch/daxch0103s000#daxch003.dcpt" role="manual">Floating Decimal</GUIRef> check box is not selected, this field appears dimmed.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<Note><SectionTitle>
                                    Note
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">If this field is changed, you must generate the import program or the export program again.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="text.available"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Text</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>
                                 If this check box is selected, additional information is available for this <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link> field. The information is generated in the text editor.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">Click the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Edit Text</GUIRef> button on the toolbar to start the text editor.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
	</Fields>
</Session>
