Column Details

Multi-Discipline Supports Administrator Guide

Reports Defaults MDS-REPORT-DEFS and MDS-REPORT-HEADINGS : Column Details

Read the following information in conjunction with details at the top of MDS-REPORT-HEADINGS file.

Note:

The Mandatory number of fields/columns is 1 to 9 inclusive.


Column Num	1	2	3	4	5
Description	Description	Column Heading	Expression	PML Function	Justify Column
Type/Options	text	text	AVEVA E3D™ Expression	Name of pml Function	Left, centre or right
Example	MDS Standard	Standard	(after (name of spref ,MDS/))	MDSmatmancofg	left
Optional (O) or Mandatory (M)	Optional	Mandatory	Mandatory -either Col 3 OR Col 4 Optional -Col 3 AND Col 4		Optional Empty = left

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Column 1:

Text that appears on the Output Report

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Column 2:

Text that appears on form MDS Report Headings along side the Heading number

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Column 3:

AVEVA E3D™ PML Expression

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Column 4:

PML Function enabling interfacing to external programmes

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Column 5:

Output Report column text justification


Column Num	6	7	8	9
Description	Client Code	Unset text	Client Description	Output Data Type
Type/Options	True(T) / False(F)	text	True(T) / False(F)	ASCII (A) / Numeric (N)
Example	true	Non-found	true	Numeric
Optional (O) or Mandatory (M)	Optional Empty = false	Optional Empty = ---	Optional Empty = false	Optional Empty = ASCII

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Column 6:

This is the client’s Replacement Support Code as defined in file DES-SUPP-DEFS.

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Column 7:

This column enables substitute descriptive text to be added into the report for clarification purposes (like non-found rather than ---)

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Column 8:

In some circumstances an office standard may have a different standard code for different steelwork sizes but the same configuration. The alternative descriptions are defined in the MDS Structure Defaults Form.

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Column 9:

Defines the format of the Output Data giving either a real number or an ASCII string.

The data above appears in the MDS-REPORT-HEADINGS file in the format shown in Figure 10:2.: Extract from MDS-REPORT-HEADINGS.

# M = MANDATORY

# O = OPTIONAL

# Description \ Column Heading \   Expression      \     PML Function       \    Justify Column      \     Client Code       \    Unset Text      \ Client Description    \  Output Data Type

#     <1>     \      <2>       \       <3>         \          <4>           \          <5>           \        <6>            \        <7>         \        <8>            \         <9>

#   <Text>    \     <Text>     \ <PDMS Expression> \ <Name of PML Function> \ <Left,Centre or Right> \ <T, True or F, False> \      <Text>        \ <T, True or F, False> \<A, ASCII or N, NUMERIC>

#  Optional=O \  Mandatory=M   \   Either <3> or <4>=M, but <3> and <4>=O   \   O(Empty Field=Left)  \  O(Empty Field=False) \ O(Empty Field= --- \  O(Empty Field=False) \  O(Empty Field=ASCII)

#                                                                                                    \If True Field<8>=False \                    \ If True Field<6>=False\

Figure 10:2.

Extract from MDS-REPORT-HEADINGS