Code Maintenance

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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.
Transformation map installation-defined properties	To define properties for Transformation Maps specific to your organization and the transactions you conduct. Once Transformation Map properties are defined, property values can be entered for each Transformation Map.
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 toolbutton (or press Ctrl+S) 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 Transformation Map and Trading partner installation-defined properties groups:

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 Transformation Map or 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.