8 4 Code Maintenance

LANSA Composer

8.4 Code Maintenance

To reach Code Maintenance, expand Administration and Housekeeping in the Navigator and then select the required function.

Code Maintenance allows you to view or modify various code values that are used in LANSA Composer to categorize and organize definitions. The codes are in these Groups:

 

Used for

Activity groups

To categorize Activities.

The groups to which an Activity belongs is maintained in the Activity maintenance. An Activity may belong to several groups.
The grouping is used within the Processing Sequence editor to make it easier to find and select Activities.

Transformation map types

To provide a grouping and plain language description for Map Types.

The groupings are used in the maintenance of Trading Partners Linked Maps. Within Processing Sequences you can select specific types of Linked Maps for the current Trading Partner.

Trading partner groups

To categorize Trading Partners.

The groups to which a Trading Partner belongs is maintained in the Trading Partner maintenance. A Trading Partner may belong to several groups.

Trading partner directory types

To provide a grouping and plain language description for Directory Types.

The groupings are used in the maintenance of Trading Partners Linked Directories. Within Processing Sequences you can select specific types of Linked Directories for the Trading Partner currently being processed.

Trading partner installation-defined properties

To define properties for Trading Partners specific to your organization and the transactions you conduct with your Trading Partners.

Once Trading Partner properties are defined, property values can be entered for each Trading Partner.

Transaction document status codes

To add user-defined status codes for use with LANSA Composer Document Manager.

Once a status code have been defined, the status code will then be recognized in LANSA Composer Document Manager.

 

 

Code Maintenance allows you to add, change and delete code values in these groups.

To work with Code Values, select the required Code Group and then select the Code Value from the code value list. You can use the New or Delete buttons to add or remove code values, or you can complete the following details for new or revised code values. Remember to press the Save button to save your changes.

Code Value

Defines a unique code value in the selected group.

Code Description

Specifies a text description for the code value. It can be up to 50 characters.

 

The following details apply only to the Trading partner installation-defined properties group:

Code Value Type

Defines the code value type as Alpha or Numeric.

Code Value Length

Defines the length of the code value.

Code Value Decimals

Defines the number of decimal digits for a numeric type code value.

Code Sequence

Defines the display sequence for properties in Trading Partner Properties tab.

 

The following details apply only to the Transaction document status codes:

Resulting exchange status

Specifies if the particular status signifies an error, that processing has completed, that the document has been abandoned or that processing is still in progress.