Examples of Symbols

Examples

Below you will find some examples for symbols of the symbol type Specification or Parameter. Note that the symbol keys listed are only examples.

Note Note

A symbol entry is denoted by angle brackets <and>.

Multiple value assignment information is always appended at the end of a symbol, separated by a semicolon. It specifies which data the system outputs if a data record has multiple value assignments. Multiple value assignments are separated by a comma. If nothing is specified, only the first value assignment appears.

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Multiple Value Assignment	Entry Appended at End of Symbol
No multiple value assignment or First	None
Multiple value assignment: First (default)	1
Multiple value assignment: All	*

You can enter more information about multiple value assignments manually. For example, if you want to output all values except the first, append the following entry manually to the end of the symbol: ;2-*

If multiple value assignments are to be output in another manner, for example, one value assignment per line or with an alternative separator, the symbol can be enclosed in a repeating group of type Discrete Expansion of Multiple Values. In this case, no information on multiple value assignment is entered in the symbol itself.

Example Example

Symbol entry for a characteristic

<01G1013005VA>	Complete symbol entry
	Explanations:
<01	Symbol type 01 (symbol type Specification)
<01G1013005VA>	Key for symbol name
	Expansion type: None

End of the example.

Example Example

Symbol entry for a phrase-enabled characteristic

<01G1013005VA(P;*)>	Complete symbol entry
	Explanations:
<01	Symbol type 01 (symbol type Specification)
<01G1013005VA	Key for symbol name
<01G1013005VA(P	Expansion type GPC and subexpansion type P
<01G1013005VA(P;*)>	Multiple value assignment: All values

End of the example.

Note Note

The subexpansion type C expands the phrase code for the phrase of a phrase-enabled characteristic (for example, T+ for highly toxic). This has to be specified in the phrase items in phrase management.

The subexpansion type G outputs the graphic for a phrase (for example, skull and crossbones for highly toxic). The graphics file and its file extension (for example, picture.bmp) must be entered in the phrase items in phrase management and the graphics file must be stored in the WWI subdirectory GRAPHICS.

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Example Example

Symbol entry for an identifier (field in a table)

<01GESTRIDENT(I:NAM,TRIV,)>	Complete symbol entry
	Explanations:
<01	Symbol type 01 (symbol type Specification)
<01GESTRIDENT	Key for symbol name
<01GESTRIDENT(I:NAM;TRIV)>	Expansion type IT Identification category NAM Identification type TRIV

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Example Example

Symbol entry for a characteristic with input template

<01G1013005VA(N:"ZZ9,9 DDDDDD")>	Complete symbol entry
	Explanations:
<01	Symbol type 01 (symbol type Specification)
<01G1013005VA	Key for symbol name
<01G1013005VA(N:"ZZ9,9 DDDDDD")>	Expansion type NM and input template N

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Example Example

<02GKNA1PFACH>	Complete symbol entry
	Explanations:
<02	Symbol type 02 (symbol type Parameter)
<02GKNA1PFACH>	Key for symbol name

End of the example.