Understanding Supplemental Data Type Copying

To save time and reduce data entry errors, you can copy supplemental data to other records. For example, to enter supplemental data for an address book number that is similar to an existing address book number, you can copy information from one record to another record. After you copy the data, you can revise it as necessary.

When you copy supplemental data, follow these guidelines:

• Copy supplemental data only within the same supplemental database code.

  Suppose that you have two address book supplemental database codes, AB and SU. Within database code AB, you can copy information from one data type to another data type. However, if you have information in database AB that you also want in database SU, you must manually enter the information in both databases.

• Copy supplemental data that is in code format only.

  You cannot copy narrative text.

• Copy information from one data type to another data type.