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Add a New Field

Follow these steps:

1. Type 7 on the Add Rules—Rule Actions Menu to display the Add Rule Actions—New Field panel. A sample panel is shown next.

   ------------------------ADD RULE ACTIONS - NEW FIELD-----------------08:28:40
    ENTER COMMAND ===>                                                       
                                                                             
   RULE NAME: RUL00001           RULESET NAME:     TCADS.CCC.ORDERAPP.001    
                                 TEST STREAM NAME: TCADS.CCC.ORDERAPP.001    
                                                                             
    NEW FIELDS:                                                              
    ROW COL  LEN  ATTR FIELD VALUE                     
    __  ___  ___  ____ ______________________________________________________
                       ______________________________________________________
                       ______________________________________________________
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
    F1-HELP  F2-PREVIEW  F3-END  F4-RETURN  F9-SELECT   
   

2. For instructions on completing a data entry panel and for a description of the RULESET NAME, TEST STREAM, RULE NAME, ROW, COL, and LEN fields, see the section Use the Rules Function Panels.

   ATTR

   Type a field attribute, if the field is new. However, leave ATTR blank if the new field is being inserted into the middle of an existing field.

   If the field is not new, leave ATTR blank and CA Verify will use the original attribute value for the whole field.

   Select one of these values for ATTR: U, UM, UH, UHM, UN, UNM, UNH, UNHM, P, PM, PH, PHM, PS, PSM, PSH, PSHM. The meaning of each letter is explained next.

   U

   Unprotected field; can be modified

   P

   Protected field; cannot be modified

   N

   Numeric field; only numeric data can be typed

   S

   Cursor will auto-skip over the field

   H

   High-intensity field

   M

   Field with modified data tag which will be transmitted from the terminal even if the operator makes no entry

   FIELD VALUE

   Type the new value to be used in the field. A value is required.

   A completed Add Rule Actions—New Field panel is shown next.

   ---------------------ADD RULE ACTIONS - NEW FIELD--------------  ADD SUCCESSFUL
    ENTER COMMAND ===>                                                       
                                                                             
   RULE NAME: RUL00001           RULESET NAME:     TCADS.CCC.ORDERAPP.001    
                                 TEST STREAM NAME: TCADS.CCC.ORDERAPP.001    
                                                                             
    NEW FIELDS:                                                              
    ROW COL  LEN  ATTR FIELD VALUE                     
    03  074  002  ____ 19____________________________________________________
                       ______________________________________________________
                       ______________________________________________________
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
    F1-HELP  F2-PREVIEW  F3-END  F4-RETURN  F9-SELECT