Specifications

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Add fields to the section
The next step is to add fields to this section. The fields to be added from the datasets are
Transmitter_TIN and Transmitter_Name (from the Company dataset), and the number of
payees (from the Counter dataset). Constant fields will be used for record type (T) and
payment year (2009). Finally, an expression field (COUNT) will be used to create the
Record Sequence Number.
Click on the Fields tab shown in the figure above to activate the area where fields are
displayed and configured.
Figure 168 –Adding fields to the section
Fields will now be added in the following order: Record Type, Payment Year, Record
Sequence Number, Transmitter_TIN, _Transmitter_Name, number of payee records.
Record Type - Click the small down-arrow to the right of the green plus sign to display the
list of field types and select “Add Constant Field”. An area will be displayed beneath
where you configure the field. For this field, enter “T” as the value. Also enter “1” as the
field width. Change the name of the field from “Constant” to “T”.
Figure 169 –Adding the Record Type and renaming the field
Payment Year – repeat the same procedure to add a constant field with a value of 2009
and width of 4.
Adding Dataset fields
Dataset fields can be added 3 ways:
 By double-clicking on the field displayed in
the Datasets area.
 By dragging a field displayed in the
Datasets area onto the Configure Section
area. Multiple fields can be selected via
CTRL-click then dragged into the Configure
Section area.
 By clicking the small down-arrow next to
the green plus sign in the Configure
Section area. This allows you to add all
field types and not only Dataset fields. This
is shown in the figure below.
A right-click anywhere within the Configure
Section area will also display the above items.