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DataManager Rules and Cautions

How Information is Displayed on CA PMA Chargeback Panels Protected display field areas are preceded by a colon (:). Underscores show the number of allowable characters in an entry field.

Specifying Search Strings

When specifying character strings for searches, use the SQL wildcard % to represent one or more characters. You can specify it anywhere within the search string. For example, to list all ORD (Output Record Definition) names starting with MB, specify MB%. This will yield MBJ, MBP, MBS, and so forth.

System Rules

• When more than one type of input record occurs within a file, define an Input ID in each record's description.
• Remember to check each application's construct requirements.
• Committed definitions cannot be edited, only browsed.

ORDs Require IRDs

• IRDs must be defined before ORDs.
• You must delete ORD fields before deleting the corresponding input fields.
• Always delete output records before input records because DataManager insists that all ORDs have defined IRDs.

When to Scroll

You must save your input using F5 before scrolling a panel. If you do not, the data you have entered will be cleared from the panel.

Naming Conventions

• These characters are reserved. Don't use them in IRD or ORD names:

  % (percent)
  _ (underscore)
  ' (single quote)

• IRD names cannot start with a special character.
• ORD names cannot start with a special character or the letter A.
• The ORD field name of CB-CONS is reserved for CA PMA Chargeback's construct definition.
• The ORD field names used in the output record header are also reserved (STARTSTAMP, START-HHMM, STOPSTAMP, STOP-HHMM, DURATION, ORDID).