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Qualifiers

Are normally associated with a specific ORD record, and are used in rate selection, as well as with normalizers and modifiers. A qualifier is simply a user-defined test resulting in a true or false condition. For example,

Qualifier                Conditional Test

@SHIFT1 = START-TIME >=  '800' and  START-TIME < '1600'
@SHIFT2 = START-TIME >= '1600' and  START-TIME < '2400'
@SHIFT3 = START-TIME >= '0000' and  START-TIME < '0800'