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22.2Extended Data Types


When creating a field of one of the data types listed below, the user is asked additional input questions specific to that data type.

LABEL REFERENCE Data Type

The user is asked an additional input question for the LABEL REFERENCE data type. The user should specify whether parameters are allowed to be included with the LABEL REFERENCE input.

Figure 396: Label Reference—Sample User Prompt

    PARAMETERS ALLOWED: YES <Enter>
TIME Data Type

The user is asked an additional input question for the TIME data type. The user should specify whether seconds are allowed for TIME input.

Figure 397: Time—Sample User Prompt

    SECONDS ALLOWED: YES// <Enter>
YEAR Data Type

The user is asked an additional input question for the YEAR data type. The user should specify the lowest possible date allowed.

Figure 398: Year—Sample User Prompt

    EARLIEST DATE: 1/1/1970 <Enter>
FT POINTER Data Type

The user is asked two additional input questions for the FT POINTER data type:

Figure 399: FT Pointer—Sample User Prompts

    POINTER: VA(200,
    LAYGO: YES// <Enter>
FT DATE Data Type

The user is asked additional input questions for the FT DATE data type. The user should specify the following:

Figure 400: FT Date—Sample User Prompts

    EARLIEST DATE: 1/1/1970
    IMPRECISE DATE: NO// <Enter>
    TIME OF DAY: YES// <Enter>
    TIME REQUIRED: NO
    SECONDS ALLOWED: YES// <Enter>
RATIO Data Type

The user is asked four additional input questions for the RATIO data type. The user should indicate the minimum and maximum values for each portion of the ratio.

Figure 401: Ratio—Sample User Prompts

    LEFT SIDE MINIMUM: (0-9999): 1
    LEFT SIDE MAXIMUM: (1-9999): 10
    RIGHT SIDE MINIMUM: (1-9999): 1
    RIGHT SIDE MAXIMUM: (1-9999): 20

 


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