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Mapping Function Parameters: Panel/Report Entry Level

To override the parameters to a mapping function at panel or report level, you use the Screen Field Mapping Parameters panel.

  1. From the Edit Screen Entry Details panel, press F9 to obtain the Screen Field Mapping Parameters panel.
  2. From the device design editor for a function panel, use F5 to get to the Edit Device Format panel. From here, Z (Zoom) into the panel entry.

This will take you to the Edit Screen Entry Details panel.

For a field of the currency data type, the No. of decimals parameter could be overridden since the parameter value was not protected at the file level. Note that the context FIL, specified at the file entry level, is resolved into an appropriate screen context; for example, for an EDTFIL function, RCD is the screen context.