Service assignment for extended shipment attributes

Each shipment can have extended shipment attributes. attributes. With this function these can be assigned in the entry modules to a specific service in the entry modules. This means that the extended shipment attributes can only be edited if they match the shipment's with the service of the consignment, provided that an assignment is assignment is made here. Only the extended shipment shipment attributes are displayed in the entry modules, which either no service or exactly the service defined in the shipment. defined in the shipment. This dialog allows the assignment to be edited. be edited.

View

This dialog contains an editable list which contains all assignments of extended shipment attributes to the of the service to be edited. This list can be supplemented as desired with existing extended shipment attributes. On the right side of the list are the buttons with the available functions. available functions.

The following fields with the following described below are available in the assignment:

Column Description
Extended shipment attribute This field contains a drop-down list with all available Extended Mail attributes available in CodX PostOffice. Use the mouse to select one. Please note that duplicate assignments are not supported, i.e. a shipment attribute may only may only occur once per service.
Input type Select from the following options:

No input possible
The extended shipment attribute is displayed, but no editing is possible. no editing is possible
Optional entry possible
The value for this extended shipment attribute may be edited be edited, but may also be empty. Defaults are taken into account.
Mandatory input required
It is mandatory to make an entry for this extended shipment attribute, defaults are taken into account. are taken into account.
Default The default means that a certain input is expected. This is checked when a value is entered and indicated by the background color of the corresponding input field.
There are 2 types of defaults, a regular expression or a range from - to, depending on the input type. For numeric values, i.e. integers, money and decimals, a range can be specified. range can be specified. This is entered in the form of 2 numbers with a separator. The separator may be either the comma(,), a space( ), a semicolon(;) or a hyphen(-). The first number is the allowed minimum, the 2nd number is the allowed maximum.
Example: 1 - 100
25,32300
1.5;10.9
Input fixation Select from the following options:

Delete value after each transmission
The value of the entry will be deleted after the transmission is saved deleted (default setting)
Keep value after saving
The value of the input is not deleted after saving
Set value to default value after saving
The value of the input is set to the set default value after saving the transmission. the set default value
Default value

Here the default value can be entered, which is displayed again after the after saving a transmission, provided that the Input fixation is set to Value after saving to Set default value.
Attention: Depending on the attribute type the value must be the value must be entered in the corresponding format. (see examples ) If the format is not correct, a log entry is made in the data log entry is made in the data logger. From this it can be seen type of data and how a correct input could look like. input could look like.

Examples of correct values depending on the data type
COMBOTEXT: Selection A
COMBOLONG: 2
CURRENCY: 5.12
DOUBLE: 1.2
LONG: 15
BOOLEAN: 0, 1, true, false
DATE: 2016-06-16 or 2016-06-16 or 2016-06-16 10:51:39.907
DATETIME: 2016-06-16 10:51:39.907
TIME: 10:51:39 or 2016-06-16 10:51:39.907

Operation

To edit an existing assignment you can simply select it with the mouse and, depending on the type of input field edit it. For all other functions the following buttons are available for all other functions:

  • OK
    Closes the dialog and stores the edited assignments in the working memory. These are only definitively saved when on the detail dialog of the service the saving is confirmed with the OK button on the details dialog of the service.

  • Cancel
    The dialog is closed without accepting any changes the old values that were previously stored on the service are retained. are retained.

  • Add
    A new entry will be created in the list, which has to be which must be finished by the user.

  • Edit
    The currently selected line is set to Edit, this button has the same function as the direct mouse click on an element of an assignment.

  • Delete
    The selected line is deleted. Before this a confirmation prompt appears.



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