Changing Fixed-length Field Codes

Choose Change fixed-length field from the Choose Command Type dialog box to open the Change Fixed-length Field dialog box.

Global Update uses your entries to change data in fixed-length fields

Default data appears in the Fixed-length field and Find text boxes. You can leave the default values or choose new values for these fields. To choose new values, enter the value you want or select one from the list that appears when you begin typing. Alternatively, double-click a field to select from a button grid of valid values for that field. Click the button labelled with the value you want, or type the grid number appearing in the upper left corner of the button, and then choose OK.

To change fixed-length field codes:

1. Specify a Fixed-length field. The record types you selected in the Select records tab determine the default value.
2. Enter a Find value. Select (check) the Validate field check box to force validation of the Find value. Clear (uncheck) this check box to allow entry of any value.
3. Enter a Replace value. The system accepts only valid codes in this field.

4. After specifying the data to change, choose OK to close the dialog box and return to the Command input tab. The command you created appears as a single line, for example:

The command row includes a Command column and an Action column. The Command column indicates the type of command you specified. (Fixed = Change fixed-length field.) The Action column indicates the target field and the replacement value in the format old data ==> new data. A wild card character or word, such as a period ('.'), an equal sign ('='), or <any>, may represent some data fields with unspecified (default) content.

In the example above, the system changes all values found in the BCODE3 field to the new value 'd'.

5. To create more change commands, see Creating Commands for Changing Records. Choose the Preview tab to view the effects of your commands. Choose Process in the Preview tab to apply the changes.