General Data Element Properties

General data element properties are displayed in the Data Element Properties window. To display the Data Element Properties window, click Data Element properties from the context menu. An example of the Data Element Properties window is shown below:

The fields and items listed in the Data Element Properties window are:

• Name – The name of the data element within the data store.
• Description – A description of the data store.
• Type – The type of field. For example, NUMERIC or ALPHANUMERIC.
• Nature – The nature of the data element. For example, ALPHABETICAL.
• Displacement – The offset of the data element offset.
• Length – The length of the data element in bytes.
• Integer – The number of integers within a numeric data element.
• Decimal – The number of digits included to the right of the decimal point.
• Key Field – An indicator of whether the data element is considered a key data element (Yes, No).
• Register Table Field – An indicator of whether the data element is unique in the data store (Yes, No).
• Changer Program – The name of the modification routine associated with the data element.
• Activated changer – An indicator of whether or not the Changer Program has been activated.
• Field Sign – An indicator of whether the data element is considered signed or not signed.
• Variable Length – An indicator of whether the length of the data element is variable or not.
• Justified – An indicator of whether the data element is justified or not.
• Nullable Field – An indicator of whether the data element is NULL or not.