How To Create Code Description Attribute

Many product tables contain fields that represent codes in a control table. Sometime the service contains the description for the code as well. This occurs if the user interface associated with the service uses a go look button to provide help in entering a valid value for that field. If the user interface associated with the service uses a dropdown list box as a mechanism for entering a valid value, then the description of the code is not included in the system service.

For the cases when the description of the code is not included in the system service, you may use special logic provided by the schema editor to include a description, if needed.

• Select the code attribute whose description should be included (for example, on the Meter schema, right click on the MeterIdTypeCode attribute). Right click on the attribute and select Add Code Description Attribute in the pop-up window.
• A dialogue box appears asking for the label to use for this new attribute. The label defaults to the label of the code with Description appended at the end (for example, MeterIdTypeCodeDescription). Choose an appropriate label and click OK.
• Next, you are asked for the Code table program to be used by XAI to retrieve the description of the code at runtime. (Continuing our example, this is CIPTMITW).
• After clicking OK, select the new attribute and view its properties.