This chapter contains these topics:
To understand user-defined codes (UDCs)
To understand category codes
To tailor the software system to your business needs, you can assign your own set of valid values to a data field.
To understand how to customize your data, complete the following:
Work with UDCs
Work with category codes
JD Edwards World software allows you to create UDC values. UDCs use table values to define the values for an input-capable field without having to make program changes. Some examples of UDC fields include:
State and province codes
Spending account codes
Unit of measure codes
You can define most standard information in UDC tables. Generally, you define these codes for your business purposes. JD Edwards World sets up many of these codes in the software and they are available when you install your system. Each system has its own UDC types.
When a JD Edwards World program encounters a UDC field, it validates the data that the user enters against the table of valid values. The program issues an error message if it does not locate a match.
Although the system decides the title of the code type, you can create an unlimited number of values for the UDCs.
For example, for the Address Book system (system code 01), two types of UDCs for this system are search type (ST) and language (LP). The following table lists these code types, as well as examples of codes defined for the code type.
| Code Type | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Search Type | A | Applicants |
| C | Customers | |
| E | Employees | |
| F | Facilities | |
| I | Investors | |
| J | Jobs | |
| Language | B | Flemish |
| D | Dutch | |
| E | English | |
| F | French | |
| G | German |
Use category codes to define additional codes that describe or categorize items for management reporting, consolidation, totaling, and characteristic identification. A category code is a UDC for which you define the code title and the valid values. Codes and descriptions are included for each example.
| Category Code | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Branch (Category Code 01) | ATL | Atlanta Branch |
| CHI | Chicago Branch | |
| DAL | Dallas Branch | |
| DEN | Denver Branch | |
| ES | Eastern Mfg. Region | |
| Account Representative (Category Code 02) | ANN | Annette Walters |
| JIM | Jim Kellerman | |
| ROD | Rod McLind |
The following table details the level to which you can customize the information that UDCs and category codes provide:
| Code Type | Title | Values |
|---|---|---|
| UDC | Search Type (JD Edwards World defined) | User-defined |
| Category Code | Branch (User-defined) | User-defined |