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Understanding Your Data Model › Using Fields › Defining Function Fields as REF Fields › Text (TXT)

Text (TXT)

The following table contains the default characteristics of the TXT 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

xxTX

Alpha

25

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

Mod10/11 check

ANWID

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 TXT type is used for fields that represent text description. It can be used to define alphanumeric fields that are not appropriate for type CDE or STS.

The TXT field should be used to provide a title for an object, such as on inquiries. The use of the TXT attribute should be contrasted with the narrative text (NAR) type, which is used for additional descriptive comments.

Examples of TXT fields include: