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Quantity (QTY)

The following table contains the Default characteristics of the QTY 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

xxQT

Packed

5.0

as external

N

-

N

Y

-

Y

Y

N

Y

-

Y

N

N

N

-

N

LHS text (Column headings)

RHS text

Field name

Quantity

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Keyboard shift

Allow lowercase

Mandatory fill

Valid system name

Mod 10/11 check

YNSID

-

N

-

N

N

-

Y

-

Y

Y

-

Y

-

Y

N

-

N

-

N

Check condition

Translate values

*NONE

-

N

-

Y

-

Y

-

Field exit option

Edit codes: Input

Output

Report

Blank

4

3

3

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

-

The QTY type is used for fields that represent quantities; that is, numbers of a given characteristic in standard units. A clear specification of characteristics facilitates verification and use of the data model.

The units measured by a quantity depend on your business. For property it may be square feet, for garment retailing it may be meters of fabric, for pharmaceuticals it may be milligrams. The criteria to be considered in assigning the attribute QTY to a field is not what the actual quantity is but whether it is a quantity.

QTY field type should be used in contrast with the following other field types:

Examples of QTY fields include: