Editing a Lookup Table

This procedure is used to create a new lookup table or open an existing lookup table and edit it. Refer also to the Tables topic in the Concepts section of the help. You may obtain additional help by clicking the underlined topics. If you do select an underlined topic, you may return to this procedure by clicking the Back key.

  1. Select the Utilities task from the task menu.
  2. Select the Tables/Lookup Table/New command and enter a new lookup table name.
    or,
    Select the Tables/Code Table/Open command and select an existing lookup table name.
  3. Use the Lookup Table dialog box to insert, delete or edit code pairs.
    The Local column must be codes defined in the code table to be used with this lookup table. The foreign column must be the corresponding codes used in an exchange file to be imported into the system or exported from the system.
  4. Select the Save button to save the changes and then the Exit button to close the dialog box.