Alias Bin Codes

Use Alias Codes.

(Accredo Saturn Only, in Mercury use Alias Codes)

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You can alias a Bin Code record to change the code. This will move data and history to the new code.

When you use Alias Bin Code, a log of the code changes is appended to the File Recovery Error Log, with each alias appended to an Alias.csv file in the data directory to provide a change log. This is useful when you are integrating a third party application that will need to consider aliased records. Any affected word lookups will be rebuilt.

Warning: You will be prompted to back up your data before running this utility, as this utility restructures Accredo data files. If you experience power or other failure during posting, restore the backup and perform the Alias again, or if this is not possible due to other users processing since the backup, add From codes and perform Merge codes.

Important: Do not run a file recovery before performing the steps above as file recovery will delete records relating to missing codes.

Selections

Location

Select the location to display Bin Codes for.

Fields

From Code

Select an existing Bin code from the list of codes. To include inactive records click Show Inactive Records (Ctrl+I).

To Code

Enter the new code, that the From Code will be changed to.

Description

The description for the code. Read-only.

Grid Toolbar

Expand Toolbar (Alt+F9)

Expand the toolbar to give access to all toolbar options. Press Esc to close the expanded toolbar.

Insert (F4)

Insert a line.

Move up / Move down

(Shift+Up)

(Shift+Down)

Move a line up or down the grid.

Delete (F3)

Delete a line.

Customise (Alt+F5)

Opens Customise Fields, you can customise the fields visible in the grid.

Import (Alt+I)

Import a list of Bin codes to be changed. This can save time from entering codes individually. The import file must be a text file with one line per code change. The fields on the line can be separated by commas (CSV format) or Tab characters (Tab delimited).

Field	Format	Size
From code	Alpha	16
To code	Alpha	16

Additional fields will be ignored by the import. Only lines in which the From code and To code differ, and a match for the From code is found are imported. When you import you are prompted with the Alias Importing report selections, this report shows the records that have been imported into the grid and error messages for lines which are not imported. If there are errors an exceptions file containing the rejected records is created with file name extension .EXC. Click Post (Alt+T) to merge the imported selections.

Customise Toolbar

Customise Toolbar or right-click in the toolbar below the buttons to access the Customise Toolbar Menu.

Buttons

Print (Ctrl+P)

Print the Summary of Alias IC report. See Report Selections Form.Bin Code

Post (Alt+T)

Post the changes.