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Background documentationTimed Sales Analysis ASCII File

 

The utility CVTMS creates the Timed Sales Analysis ASCII file from the *tms binary files. The name of the ASCII file is user-defined.

Fixed Length ASCII Output

Field

Columns

Size

Values

1 Store Number

1 - 4

4 n

2 Register Number

5 - 6

2 n

<>0 if for specific register

3 Business Date

7 - 12

6 n

YYMMDD

4 Positive Flag

13

1 a/n

' ' ' - '

5 Net Sales $

14 - 23

8.2 n

6 Customer Count

24 - 33

10 n

7 Time Period(s)

34 - 37

4 n

HHMM *See Note.

8 Business Date (Y2K)

38 - 45

8 n

YYYYMMDD

9 Store ID Extension

46 - 49

4 n

High order digits for Store ID Extension with leading zeros.

Total bytes: 49

Note Note

*There are 48 time periods in a day, 1 for each ½ hr. period in a day.

End of the note.