1. Interoperability Guide
  2. Setting Up Flat File Encoding

Setting Up Flat File Encoding

Access the Unicode Flat File Encoding Configuration form from the Windows client and complete the following fields:

User / Role

A profile that classifies users into groups for system security purposes. You use group profiles to give the members of a group access to specific programs.

Some rules for creating a profile for a user class or group include:

  • The name of the user class or group must begin with an asterisk (*) so that it does not conflict with any system profiles.

  • The User Class/Group field must be blank when you enter a new group profile.

Environment

For install applications, the environment name is also called the Plan Name and uniquely identifies an upgrade environment for install/reinstall.

For environment or version applications, this is the path code that identifies the location of the application or version specification data.

Program ID

The number that identifies the batch or interactive program (batch or interactive object). For example, the number of the Sales Order Entry interactive program is P4210, and the number of the Print Invoices batch process report is R42565.

The program ID is a variable length value. It is assigned according to a structured syntax in the form TSSXXX, where:

  • T is an alphabetic character and identifies the type, such as P for Program, R for Report, and so on.

    For example, the value P in the number P4210 indicates that the object is a program.

  • SS are numeric characters and identify the system code.

    For example, the value 42 in the number P4210 indicates that this program belongs to system 42, which is the Sales Order Processing system.

  • XXX (the remaining characters) are numeric and identify a unique program or report.

    For example, the value 10 in the number P4210 indicates that this is the Sales Order Entry program.

Version

A user-defined set of specifications that control how applications and reports run. You use versions to group and save a set of user-defined processing option values and data selection and sequencing options. Interactive versions are associated with applications (usually as a menu selection). Batch versions are associated with batch jobs or reports. To run a batch process, you must select a version.

Encoding Name

A code that indicates the name of the encoding that the system uses to produce or consume flat files.