The
Data Element Properties window displays all attributes for a selected data element.
To access the
Data Element Properties window, display the context menu from the main window
[Work with Data Element] for a selected data element, and click
Data Element Properties.
The following list describes the fields listed in the
Data Element Properties window:
- Name
- Name of the data element within the data store.
- Description
- Data store description.
- Type
- Type of data element.
- Nature
- Nature of the data element. For example,
Numeric or
Alphanumeric.
- Displacement
- Field offset at the beginning of the I/O area.
- Length
- Length of data element in bytes.
- Integer
- Number of integer digits present.
- Decimal
- Number of decimal digits present.
- Register Table Data Element
- Indicator of whether the data element is unique in the data store (Yes,
No).
- Data Element Sign
- Indicator of whether the data element is considered as signed or not signed.
- Variable Length
- Indicator of whether the length of the data element is variable.
- Justified
- Indicator of whether the data element is justified.
- Nullable Data Element
- Indicator of whether the data element is set to NULL.
The buttons at the bottom of the fields in the
Data Element Properties window are:
- Change
- Initializes fields for insertion.
- OK
- Saves any changes that have not been applied and closes the window.
- Cancel
- Cancels any changes to the field properties and closes the window.