Creates a new Lookup Table.
The Tables/Lookup Table/New command is selected from the Utilities task.
New Lookup Table dialog box
| Item | Used to |
| Lookup Table: | Key in the name of the new lookup table to be created. The name may consist of up to eight characters. Lookup tables are created as files with .LUT extensions and stored in the user folder. |
| OK | Create the new lookup table and display the Lookup Table dialog box. Use the Lookup table dialog box to view or edit the lookup table settings. Refer to the Lookup Table dialog box topic. |
| Cancel | Close the dialog box without creating a new lookup table. |
A lookup table consists of pairs of alpha numeric codes. For each pair, the first code must be a feature code defined in the selected code table, and the second code is the corresponding feature code in an incoming data set.
A lookup table is used to match the feature codes of the incoming data set to the feature codes in the selected code table, thereby quickly setting the attributes of data imported into the system from some other source, without the need to set up a special code table.
Use of a lookup table is optional. If a lookup table is not used, then each code in the incoming data set should be defined in the selected code table. If it is not present in the code table, then the object will be assigned to the DEFAULT code and attributes.
Two lookup tables (ALPHA.LUT and NUMERIC.LUT) are supplied with the system; refer to the Tables/Lookup/Open command to view or edit these tables.