23 Overview to User Defined Codes

This chapter contains these topics:

• Section 23.1, "Objectives,"

• Section 23.2, "About UDCs."

23.1 Objectives

• To understand how to locate User Defined Codes (UDCs) identifiers

• To understand how to display a table of UDC values

• To understand how to display a system's UDCs

• To understand how to attach a note to a UDC

• To understand how to translate UDCs

23.2 About UDCs

To tailor a software system to your business needs, you need the capability of assigning your own set of unique codes to a data field.

UDCs are a method of using table values to define the allowed values for an input-capable field without having to recompile a program.

JD Edwards World uses UDCs to provide:

• A table of values used to validate entered data

• A uniform description for each valid value

• A method used in conversion programs

We provide a number of codes with each system, you might need to modify some of these and set up additional ones.

Many fields only accept UDCs. For example, if you enter a code in the Units of Measure field on the Journal Entries form, you can enter only a code that exists in the UDCs list for units of measure. When a JD Edwards World program encounters a UDC field, it checks the data the user enters against the field's table of values. If no match is found, the program issues an error message.