Understanding Overriding Specifications in Batch Versions

Override the report specifications at the version level to change the design of a batch version. The changes you make to the specifications of the batch version do not affect the report template or any other batch version associated with the report template. The override specifications feature is a section level option. You must override specifications for each section that requires modification. You can override specifications by type. This table describes the different specification override options:

Specification Type	Description
Section Layout	Enables you to change section properties, delete columns, add columns, move columns, or change column headings on a batch version.
Section Data Selection	Enables you to define specific data selection by version. For example, a version for customer information only and a version for employee information only.
Section Event Rules	Enables you to define specific event rules by version. For example, you can define a version for employee information with a calculated percentage raise amount, date title, or Balance Auditor.
Section Database Output	Enables you to use a different database mapping than the one defined in the report template.
Section Sort Sequence	Enables you to sort data differently than the report template. For example, you can define the data in a version to sort by name rather than by address number.

Once you have selected to override one of the specification types in a batch version, modifications that you make of the same specification type in the report template are not read by the overridden version. For example, if you override the section layout in a section of a batch version, then add a new field to that same section in the report template, the new field is not read by the batch version.