Reviewing the header information and the properties of a code line

Select Master Data > Codes.

Click the Drill down button of a code line.

Review the header information of the code line:

Name: This field shows the name of the code line that is inherited from the code list.
Component: Each code list must be assigned to a functional area of the application. If a code list is used by several functional areas, it must be assigned to the area Infor Automotive Exchange Common.; When editing, select a functional area to which the code list is assigned from the drop-down list.
Language Code: The field shows the selected language of the current languages and regions settings.
Hierarchy Structure: This field shows the search hierarchy structure of the code line that is used to store and access code items. The search hierarchy structure is inherited from the code list. This hierarchy structure determines which hierarchy data you can specify in the codes.
Description: This field shows the description of the code line that is inherited from the code list.
Incremental Code List: A selected check box indicates that the underlying code list is an incremental code list. Incremental code lists enable you to collect code property values over multiple hierarchies. You can create a code entry with all default values on the highest hierarchy level, which is the tenant. A second code entry with the same name can be created on a specific hierarchy, for example, on accounting entity level. When a code is specified, the properties from the accounting entity level are evaluated first. Empty values are completed with those from the tenant level.
Default Entry Allowed: A selected check box indicates that you can specify a code with the name default in the code list. This code is used as a default when the requested code cannot be found in the code list. For example, a time zone that is specified as the default value is used if other values cannot be found. For example, the application requests the time zone from the code list TimeZonesOwn for a specific user. If no time zone is set for the user, the specified "default" value is used.
Hierarchy Structure Must Match: A selected check box indicates that an application that accesses the codes must use the specified search hierarchy structure. If a code is requested from the application, only the code that exactly matches the given hierarchy search criteria is used.
Hierarchy and Date Validation: This option indicates whether a validation check of the hierarchy and date ranges of codes is performed automatically.

Review the general property fields of the code line:

Hierarchy Data: Concrete hierarchy for which the code is valid. The search hierarchy structure that is inherited from the code list determines which hierarchy data you can specify as property values.
Name: Name of the code. The name of a code can only be defined once for a specific time period and hierarchy. You can define codes that have the same name for different time periods and hierarchies.
Short Description: Review or specify a short description of the code. The short description can consist of a maximum of 512 characters.
Effective from Date: This field defines the start date of the code.

Note: For future changes of the specified data, you can define a follow-up code for the subsequent time period and the same hierarchy.
Effective to Date: This field defines the end date of the code.

Review the codes of the property fields that are specific for the code line.