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$$O99^XUAF4(): IEN of Merged Station Number

Reference Type: Supported, Category: Institution File, Integration Agreement: 2171

Description

This extrinsic function returns the Internal Entry Number (IEN) of the valid STATION NUMBER in the INSTITUTION file (#4), if this entry was merged during the INSTITUTION file (#4) cleanup process (e.g., due to a duplicate STATION NUMBER field [#99]). This function may be used by application developers to re-point their INSTITUTION file (#4) references to a valid entry complete with Station Number.

Format

  $$O99^XUAF4(ien)

Input Parameters

ien:

(required) Internal Entry Number (IEN) of the institution in question.

Output

returns:

Returns the Internal Entry Number (IEN) of the INSTITUTION file (#4) entry with a valid STATION NUMBER filed (#99)-the Station Number deleted from the input IEN during the cleanup process (i.e., Kernel Patch XU*8.0*206).

Example

>S NEWIEN=$$O99^XUAF4(6538)

>W NEWIEN
6164
>W ^DIC(4,6164,99)
519HB^^^

 

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