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Surrogate (SGT)

The following table contains the default characteristics of the SGT 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

xxSG

Packed

7.0

as external

0

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

N

-

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

N

3

3

4

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

-

The SGT field type should be used to designate a field that is a system-assigned key. Surrogate is a numeric value.

Examples of SGT fields include: