Working with Postal Code Formats (WPCF)
Purpose: Use the Work with Postal Code Format function to define the format for printing postal codes on pick slips or gift acknowledgments. Postal codes are defined by country, but each country can have more than one postal code format.
When you print pick slips, the system compares each customer's postal code with the postal code formats you have defined through this function. In order to match a format, the postal code should have the same number of positions and conform in the placement of filler characters, such as hyphens. If the system cannot find a match, no postal code prints on the pick slip. For this reason, it is useful to consider the different postal code formats your operators typically use in Order Entry and define a format to cover each.
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Work with Postal Code Format Screen
Purpose: Use this screen to work with the formats you have defined for printing postal codes on pick slips or gift acknowledgments.
How to display this screen: Enter WPCF in the Fast path field or select Working with Postal Code Formats (WPCF) from a menu.
| Field | Description |
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| Country |
A code to represent the country for the postal code format. Country codes are defined in and validated against the Country table. See Setting Up the Country Table (WCTY). Alphanumeric, 3 positions; optional. |
| Country description (Unlabeled field to the right of the country) |
The description of the country. Alphanumeric, 30 positions; display-only. |
| Code length |
The number of characters in the postal code. Numeric, 3 positions; optional. |
| Format postal code |
The postal code format, illustrated by arranging the ten letters of the word "postalcode" in the same order and position as the characters of the postal code will print on the pick slip. Example: The "zip plus 4" postal code used in the United States is represented on this screen as: POSTA-LCOD When printed on the pick slip or gift acknowledgment, this postal code would appear in the following format: 01609-1039 Alphanumeric, 10 positions; display-only. |
| Screen Option | Procedure |
|---|---|
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Change a postal code format |
Select Change for a postal code format to advance to the Postal Code Layout screen in Change mode. You can change only the Formatted postal code positions fields. See Postal Code Layout Screen for field descriptions. |
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Delete a postal code format |
Select Delete for a postal code format. |
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Display a postal code format |
Select Display for a postal code format to advance to the Postal Code Layout screen in Display mode. You cannot change any information on this screen. See Postal Code Layout Screen for field descriptions. |
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Add a new postal code format for a country |
Select Create. See Postal Code Layout Screen. |
Postal Code Layout Screen
To create: Select Create at the Work with Postal Code Format Screen.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Country |
A code to represent the country for the postal code format. Country codes are defined in and validated against the Country table. See Setting Up the Country Table (WCTY). Alphanumeric, 3 positions; required. |
| Code length |
The number of characters in the postal code. The maximum number is ten. Numeric, 3 positions; required. |
| Formatted postal code positions |
The order and position of each of the postal code digits for pick slips or gift acknowledgments, including any hyphens or other "filler" characters. The first digit of the postal code will print where you enter a 1, the second digit will print where you enter a 2, and so on, up to the tenth digit, which will print where you enter a 0. Example: Create a United States five-digit postal code format as: 1 2 3 4 5 Create a United States "zip plus 4" postal code format as: 1 2 3 4 5 - 7 8 9 0 Create a Canadian postal code format as: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Alphanumeric, 10 positions; required. |
| Zip spaces |
This field is not currently implemented. Numeric, 1 position; optional. |
| Zip position |
This field is not currently implemented. Valid values:
Optional. |
Instructions:
- Complete the Country field and the Code length field.
- Enter the postal code format in the Formatted postal code positions fields, indicating where each digit of the postal code should print. Include any hyphens or other “filler” characters in your count. See the Formatted postal code positions fields for an example.