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Example: Defining a Shift Chop

Up to four Chop times can be specified. We have specified three on the sample panel below:

• 8 AM (08 00)
• 4 PM (16 00)
• midnight (24 00)

  USERID                     CA PMA Chargeback                MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS
  __    Acctdefs   Cbdefs   Query   Data   Period   Options   Exit   Help
 
        +-- CBCCHPE ---- Shift Chop ----------------+
        |      Panel  Exit  Help                    |
        | ----------------------------------------- |
        |  Type information and save. Or delete.    |
        |                                           |
        |  Version : PROD                           |
        |                                           |
        |                 Start                     |
        |                 HH:MM                     |
        |                                           |
        |  First  shift . 08:00                     |
        |  Second shift . 16:00                     |
        |  Third  shift . 24:00                     |
        |  Fourth shift . _____                     |
        |                                           |
        |   F5=Save   F6=Delete                     |
        +-------------------------------------------+
 
 
  Command ===> ____________________________________________________________
   F1=Help   F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F9=Command   F10=Action Bar   F12=Cancel

For example, if an ORD record has a Start Time of 07:00 and a Stop Time of 17:00, it spans multiple intervals. Interval records would be created for the following:

• 07:00 -> 07:59 Start Time to next Interval Boundary
• 08:00 -> 15:59 Interval Boundary to next Interval Boundary
• 16:00 -> 17:00 Interval Boundary to Stop Time

This splitting should, in most cases, match the user-defined Shift qualifiers.

Note: If shift qualifiers have been defined, there is no checking against Shift Chop to ensure that the defined shift times are the same.