Section 11
Address Field Names
The address field names table contains the NAMES of the fields that will appear on
the screen if you elect to use the ADDRESS CAPTURE feature. This permits you to
associate up to 30 pre-defined entry fields intended to capture additional
information during the receipt entry process. These extra values are stored in a
special table and can be printed on the customer receipt as well as on custom
reports that you may create using Crystal Reports. The information is linked to the
original receipt by the receipt number.
Each field in the table is listed, along with a short description, below:
-
FIELD_TYPES
This is the NAME of the group of fields (defined below) which will appear on the
screen when you process a transaction that is set up to capture the address
information.
If you put an * (asterisk) anywhere in the
field_types name field the program will force you
to enter address data. Otherwise, entry of the address information is up to the
user.
The basic address fields (name/address/city/state/zip) are ALWAYS presented to you as
entry fields and are shared across ALL of the various field_types that you define. You can change the names of these
fields as they appear on the screen via the RECEIPT
options settings in the MISCPARMS table.
The names of the additional fields (F01_NAME
through F30_NAME) are user definable.
-
F01_NAME
to
F30_NAME
These fields contain the FIELD NAME that you wish
to see on the screen next to the text entry area. These names can be any value
you need to use for the specific type of data you wish to collect.
For example, if you were collecting additional information about a business
license, you might need to collect data such as the business name, owner name,
# of Employees, type of
business, est. gross revenue, etc. In this
case, the field_types value might be something
like BIZLIC. This would be the value entered in
the
TRANCODES, FIELD_TYPES
field in order to tell the program that these fields are to be used during
address entry.
On the other hand if you were collecting information about a building permit, it
might include such fields as job site address,
owner name, contractor
name, etc. In this case, the field_types
value might be something like BLDPERMIT
If you put an * (asterisk) anywhere in the name
field an entry MUST be made in that field. Otherwise, entry is optional.
Starting with version 1.0.2046, the program allows you to make entry of the address
data REQUIRED, whereas in earlier versions of the program entry was always
optional. Please refer to
this information for more details about this change.