Naming Conventions

Use a three-character naming convention for DrillDown layouts, so that the fields and accounting periods in the layout are easily identified in the Open Layout dialog box. The PS/nVision DrillDown layouts supplied with the system use the abbreviations described in the following table.

Abbreviation	DrillDown Layout
ACT	Account
BUS	Business Unit
DEP	Department ID
PRD	Product
PRJ	Project
PER	Accounting Period

Each layout is named RRRCCCXX.XNV, where RRR is the abbreviation for a field expanded in the rows, CCC is the abbreviation for a field expanded in the columns, and XX is an optional identifier for a specific layout or version of RRRCCC.

Note:

With recent versions of Windows, file names can be long and descriptive, but a consistent convention is still a good idea. For example, you might want to name a DrillDown layout DepartmentByProduct.