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Narrative Text

The following table describes the default characteristics of the NAR field.


Field Type Attribute

Shipped Default Value


Default Override

Field Details Override

Device Field Override

Implementation name

System data type

External length

Internal length

Decimal places

xxNA

Alpha

30

as external

-

-

N

Y

-

-

Y

N

Y

-

-

N

N

N

-

-

LHS text (Column headings)

RHS text

Field name

Text

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Keyboard shift

Allow lowercase

Mandatory fill

Valid system name

Mod 10/11 check

XANWIDM

Y

N

N

-

N

Y

Y

Y

-

Y

Y

Y

Y

-

N

N

N

N

-

Check condition

Translate values

*NONE

-

N

-

Y

-

Y

-

Field exit option

Edit codes: Input

Output

Report

N

-

-

-

Y

-

-

-

N

-

-

-

Y

-

-

-

Multi-Line Entry

N

N

Y

Y

The NAR type is used for fields that represent narrative text. NAR field attribute type should be used in contrast with the TXT field type, which specifies a basic descriptive title for an (entity) file, such as Company name or Product name. The NAR attribute type can be regarded as a catch-all to define data fields not covered by any other field types.

Examples of NAR fields include: