Segments (pdadm6102m000)

Use session to view and maintain the mask segments. You can also use this session to maintain the length, type, and contents of mask segments.

Field Information

Mask

The name of the mask for which the mask segments are maintained.

Segment Number

The first free number generated by LN. LN calculates the sequence number if the Segment Type is set to Sequence.

Segment Type

The type of information that the segment contains.

Allowed values

Table Field: The field value is selected at run time and substituted in mask.
Constant: A constant prefix is assigned to the Mask definition. For example like Item- , Folder - .
Sequence: A numerical value is assigned to the Mask at runtime. For example,1,2,3

Field Name

The field for which the mask segment is generated. This field is enabled only if the Segment Type is set to Table Field.

Segment Value

The value that belongs to the Segment Type. This field is enabled only if the Segment Type is set to Constant.

Pattern

The pattern in which characters are incremented . A “????” value indicates that segment has fixed length of four characters or digits.

Increment Rule

The rule to specify the pattern in which the characters are incremented. For example, “[ADF-H]” indicates the characters “A”, “D”, “F”, “G” and “H” are a valid set of characters for the given segment.

Minimum Value

The minimum valid range for each incrementing character, based on the increment rule. The minimum value is 1 character.

Maximum Value

The maximum valid range for each incrementing character, based on the increment rule. The maximum value is 18 character.