Retail Transfer - Field Translation

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Introduction

This document provides instructions for Retail Field Translations. This table translates incoming data into Optifacts format.

Procedure

From the Optifacts main menu:

Select Option 11 – Retail Transfer and press Enter.

Select Option 5 – Editor: Field Translation and press Enter.

The Retail Translation Table displays.

Add New Entry

  • Press “A” to add a new record.
  • Enter all the applicable data, pressing Enter past each field.

Field Definitions

System Name - Enter the system name for the file format that contains this field.

OPTI must be in capital letters

Account Code - Enter “0” zero for all accounts or enter a specific account number.

The number must be right-justified. A correct example would be [   123], and an incorrect example would be [123   ].

Field Name - The field name recognized by the Optifacts system.

Field Order - The number to match the order in the retail field location editor (menu 11-4).

Source String - Enter the exact pattern of the data as it occurs in the input record. An example is the lite-up chosen from TNT or VisionWeb. (Type NULL if blanks expected or ANY OTHER for suffix or prefix).

Return String - The translated string to pass to Optifacts to replace the source string.

Prefix - Enter ^ where spaces are required.

Suffix - Enter ^ where spaces are required

Notes - Information or description of the translation entry.

Example:

  • Press Escape to save the data.
  • Press ctrl-c to exit without saving the data.

Edit an Existing Entry

  • Press “Q” to Query. 
  • Enter the relevant details using the fields provided and press Escape.

The specified data displays on the screen. 

  • Press “U” to update the data.
  • Make any necessary changes.
  • Press Escape to save the data.
  • Press “ctrl-c” to exit without saving.
  • Press “E” to exit and return to the Retail Transfer menu.

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