Using a Duration Dialog Box

This dialog box is displayed when creating an ASCII interface and selecting the Entity tab.
  1. On the Entity tab, double-click an attribute in the right pane.
    A Column dialog box is displayed.
    Note:  The header of the dialog box changes based on the attribute when creating an ASCII interface. For example, if you selected the entity Idle Time, the title would be column "idle time."
  2. The column number defaults from the Interface entry window based on the order in which the entities were selected, but can be changed.
  3. Select a style from the list box to determine how the hours and minutes should display.
  4. If you want seconds to be included, select the include seconds check box.
  5. If you selected a style including hours and minutes, and you want them separated:
    1. Select the separator check box.
    2. Choose a character to separate the years from hours and minutes. You can enter either a single character or an ASCII code that consists of at least 2 numerical digits (use a leading zero if the required ASCII code is between 0 and 9).
    Note:  The example and length at the bottom of the dialog box updates automatically to show a duration value formatted according to the current settings.
  6. Select the quoted value check box to put quotes around the data if you are interfacing with a system that requires inputs in the form value.
  7. Click OK. You return to the  Entity tab of the Interface window.
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