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   To enter data in a descriptive flexfield:

1. Move your cursor into a customized descriptive flexfield to display the flexfield window. If your profile option Flexfield:Open Descr Window is set to No or if you are in a folder, choose Edit Field... from the Edit menu to open the flexfield window.

When the window appears, the cursor moves to the first segment that does not contain a default value.

2. Enter a value in each segment.

Depending on how your organization customizes a descriptive flexfield, you can either type a value into a segment, or if the <List> lamp appears on the status line for a particular segment, you can display a list of values to choose from for that segment. See: Using a List of Values.

3. If you wish to edit a default value, simply move your cursor into the segment you wish to edit and type over the default value.

4. You can save yourself keystrokes when you enter segment values by automatically skipping to the next segment as soon as you enter a complete valid value into a current segment. Simply set the profile option Flexfields:AutoSkip to Yes. Set the profile option to No if you want to manually navigate to the next segment after entering a value. See: Setting Your Personal User Profile

5. Choose OK when you are done to close the flexfield window.

The segment value(s) you enter are concatenated in the two character descriptive flexfield display. The concatenated segment values in the descriptive flexfield are separated by a special character called a segment separator that is specified in the descriptive flexfield definition.

Note: If you display a customized descriptive flexfield in a folder definition, you are able to move the cursor into the flexfield so you can use folder functions. You cannot, however, update or insert values directly into the descriptive flexfield; you must use the descriptive flexfield window.

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