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Misc

The MISC form provides many useful "buckets" where you can store additional account information in a variety of data formats. There are several user-defined fields for Numbers, Dates, Time, Percentage and several ON/OFF Switch fields.

  • Store additional Number, Date, Percent or Time values.
  • Set additional switches for this account.
  • Stored information can easily be retrieved in reports.
  • You can use a writeback report to write information to the fields.
  • Change the field labels as required.

A few restrictions apply. They are outlined below for each field.

Number 1

User-defined field to store a Number Value. This field stores only whole numbers, no decimals. Report code is @mi.n1.

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Number 2

User-defined field to store a Number Value. This field stores only whole numbers, no decimals. Report code is @mi.n2.

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Date 1

User-defined field to hold a Date. This field stores only dates, no other data type can be stored in it. Report code is @mi.d1.

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Date 2

User-defined field to hold a Date. This field stores only dates, no other data type can be stored in it. Report code is @mi.d2.

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Amount 1

User-defined field to hold a Currency amount. This field stores only dollar amounts, no other data type can be stored in it. Report code is @mi.a1.

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Amount 2

User-defined field to hold a Currency amount. This field stores only dollar amounts, no other data type can be stored in it. Report code is @mi.a2.

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Estimated Time

User-defined field to hold a Time value. This field stores only Time values in the format hh:mm:ss, no other data type can be stored in it. Report code is @mi.et.

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Elapsed Time

User-defined field to hold a Time value. This field stores only Time values in the format hh:mm:ss, no other data type can be stored in it. Report code is @mi.eti.

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Process ID

User-defined field to store a Number Value. This field stores only whole numbers, no decimals. Report code is @mi.pi.

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Process Step

User-defined field to store a Number Value. This field stores only whole numbers, no decimals. Report code is @mi.ps.

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Percent 1

User-defined field to hold a Percent value. This field stores only floating point numbers with up to 4 decimal places, no other data type can be stored in it. Report code is @mi.p1.

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Percent 2

User-defined field to hold a Percent value. This field stores only floating point numbers with up to 4 decimal places, no other data type can be stored in it. Report code is @mi.p2.

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Risk Score

User-defined field to hold a Percent value. This field stores only whole numbers with no decimal places, no other data type can be stored in it. Report code is @mi.rs.

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Switch 1

User-defined field to hold an ON/OFF value. Switch this ON with a check mark. Report code is @mi.s1.

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Switch 2

User-defined field to hold an ON/OFF value. Switch this ON with a check mark. Report code is @mi.s2.

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Switch 3

User-defined field to hold an ON/OFF value. Switch this ON with a check mark. Report code is @mi.s3.

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Switch 4

User-defined field to hold an ON/OFF value. Switch this ON with a check mark. Report code is @mi.s4.

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Switch 5

User-defined field to hold an ON/OFF value. Switch this ON with a check mark. Report code is @mi.s5.

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Switch 6

User-defined field to hold an ON/OFF value. Switch this ON with a check mark. Report code is @mi.s6.

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Switch 7

User-defined field to hold an ON/OFF value. Switch this ON with a check mark. Report code is @mi.s7.

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Switch 8

User-defined field to hold an ON/OFF value. Switch this ON with a check mark. Report code is @mi.s8.

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Summary

The Misc form allows you to store additional information and switches for your accounts. You can set the labels for this form, as required, with field properties or a control file. You can easily retrieve information for your reports or set information using a writeback report.

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See Also

- How To Use Control Files
- How To Writeback To Database
- Report Topic Index

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