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Settings Packet ID and Description Patterns

Any characters outside of brackets will be part of the final result.

The codes listed in the following table will be replaced with run-time values when the packet is created.

Table 10-9 Codes Replaced with Run-Time Values

Code

Value

Example

{MMM}

Month

“Aug”

{MM}

Month

“08”

{M}

Month

“8”

{YYYY} or {yyyy}

Year

“2010”

{YY} or {yy}

Year

“10”

{ddd} or {DDD}

Day of Week

“Tue”

{dd} or {DD}

Date

“06”

{hh} or {HH}

Hour

“09”

{mm}

Minute

“03”

{ss}

Seconds

“05”

{tt}

AM/PM

“PM”

{LOC}

Location Name

 

{FAC}

Facility (first 3 digits or “MULTI”) if no facility is selected

“EAG” or “MULTI”

{TYPE}

Type

 

{SEQ}

Sequence Number – Simple (5 digits, based on Facility)

 

{SEQ:x:}

Sequence Number – Complex.

‘x’ is the number of digits (1 – 9).

Any of the codes above can be used, with curly braces instead of square brackets, to generate the sequence key.

“{SEQ:4:[LOC]-[yyyy]/[MM]/[dd]}” (key based on Location, year, month, and date)

Pattern Examples:

Code: “CAPA-{FAC}-{LOC}/{yyyy}-{SEQ}”

Result: “CAPA-PHL-EAG/2010-00123”

Code: “TEST-{FAC}-{MMM}/{yyyy}-{SEQ:3:[LOC]-[yyyy]/[MM]}”

Result: “TEST-PHI-Jun/2010-123”

For sequential numbering per form packet identifier, include the unique identifier after the sequential number. For example:

Mtg_{SEQ:5:MTG_} or NF-{SEQ:6:NF-}

 

[YY]

To reset the packet Sequential number, place the code that determines when the reset should occur within closed brackets.

For example: To reset the Sequential number back to 001 when the Year (i.e., YY) changes, you would enter the YY code at end of the packet ID pattern:

CAPA-{YY}-{SEQ:3:CAPA-[YY]}