Application Data Format

Application Data Format sets how a kind of value is shown in a company: how many decimals an amount or quantity shows, the date format, a mask.

Where

Organizational Structure › Data Format; Application Configuration › Fields and Grids (ACDF)

Who uses it

The implementation consultant

When

When a company needs its own number or date formats

Needs first

Nothing

What it is for

Formats are kept per company. Predefined formats are copied into a new company when it is created on Company, and cannot be deleted. The format is picked from a fixed list of constants per screen.

Every field in plain words

General

Field	What it means	What to put
Field Data Format No	The format code.	Required.
Constant	The kind of value.	Locked after the first save.
Format	The format.	Filled from the constant.
Masking	The mask, such as n2 for two decimals.	Optional.
Processcode	The screen it applies to.	Required. Locked after the first save.
Predefined	Shipped with the product.	Filled in by the system; you cannot type here.

How to configure it

Change the masking of a predefined format to change how many decimals that kind of value shows in this company.

What it is connected to

• Set up a new company - where this screen fits in the setup order.

If something looks wrong

• “Field Data Format Cannot be Duplicate”
• “Data Format - cannot delete this Data Format is predefined”
• “Field Data Format cannot be empty”
• “Process Code cannot be empty”