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Defining Charge Elements

The Charge Element definition is the most complex of the Cbdefs functions. This is because it accesses many behind-the-scene tables for inserting, updating, and validating data. The processing flow is as follows:

                 -----------------
                 |Charge Elements|
                 |    Primary    |
                 --------|--------
                         |
       ------------------------------------
   F11 |                                  | F2
       V                                  V
---------------                  ------------------
|    Charge   |__      Enter     |     Charge     |
| Browse List | |--------------->| Element Entry  |
--------------- |                ---------|--------
  |Expanded List|                         |
  ---------------                         V
                        ------------------|--------------------
                     F7 |              F11|               F8  |
                 ---------------    ---------------    ---------------
                 | Charge Unit |    |  Qualified  |    | Normalizer  |
                 |    Entry    |--  |  Rates Entry|--  |    Entry    |--
                 |             | |  |  Algorithms | |  |             | |
                 --------------- |  --------------- |  --------------- |
                   |Expanded     |    |Expand. Entry|    |Expand. Entry|
                   |     Entry   |    |        -----------------       |
                   ---------------    ---------|   Qualifier   |--------
                                               |      Entry    |--
                                               ----------------- |
                                                 | Expand. Entry |
                                                 -----------------

It is helpful to keep the following points in mind:

• A Charge Element is always associated with a Charge Unit
• Charge Elements own algorithms
  • Qualifiers are then associated with an algorithm
  • A Normalizer is directly associated with the Charge Element, and its factor is applied to the calculated units

  The following examples and sample panels help you understand these concepts.