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Short Name Generation

The job conversion routine brings some jobs into the system. These jobs are assigned a regular, eight-character job name, unless the user manually assigns a short name.

The first two characters of the assigned short name match the first two characters of the original long name that is converted to uppercase. The remaining six characters are an internal job name assignment.

Example: Job Brought into System and Assigned a Short Name

Long Name - FREDA11#ThisIsALongJobName
Short Name - FRWDGJ6D

If you create a job with a long job name using DB.1, DB.10, or DB.11 panel, you can select your own short job name.

If the given long name is already eight or fewer characters, it is converted to uppercase. The name is used as the short name also. If that short name is already taken, the user must use a new long name for the job. Long job names that are eight or fewer characters must match their short names, ignoring case.

Example: Job with Eight or Less Characters

Long Name - MyJob1
Short Name - MYJOB1