Tab Title

Use these guidelines when you define a tab title for a processing option:

• Avoid abbreviations.

• For future processing options, indicate that they are currently unavailable by entering the word FUTURE. If the entire tab is unavailable, enter FUTURE behind the extended description for the tab. If a single processing option is unavailable, place FUTURE behind the data item description.

• Ensure that each tab exists only one time and that it is not divided into multiple tabs. For example, use Process instead of Process 1, Process 2.

• Include the application name, such as P4310, in the text when referencing versions that are to be used. The Version tab should always begin with the comment block. Enter the version to be used for each program. If left blank, ZJDE0001 will be used.

• Use application-specific tabs sparingly and only when no other categories are appropriate. To allow for increased length of text when the text is translated, the name of an application-specific tab should be no longer than 10 characters in English.

• Use one of the eight standard tab titles. Along with the extended description and processing options for each, they are as follows:

  • Display: Options that determine whether specific fields appear or which format of a form appears on entry.

  • Defaults: Options that assign default values to specific fields.

  • Edits: Options that indicate whether the system performs data validation for specific fields.

  • Process: Options that control the process flow of the application.

    Application-specific tabs are:

  • Currency: Options that are specific to currency.

  • Categories: Options that assign default category codes.

  • Print: Options that control the output of a report.

  • Versions: Options that specify which versions the system runs of applications that are called from this application.