Properties 
The Properties area displays properties for format, mapping, source or target file, source or target node.
Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Version | Version of the format project; maintained by the format author | Initial value is 1.0; can have two digits for the minor version, such as 1.11 |
Module | Module in SAP Business One Only available for GEP formats | Sales Opportunity Sales Purchasing Business Partner Banking Inventory MRP Service HR |
Menu Name | Format name appearing in the menu Only available for GEP formats | EU Sales Report |
Author | Person or organization that created the format project | SAP |
Compatible Version | Version of SAP Business One that supports the format Choose the Browse button and specify the supported versions, one version per line. | 8.81.300; 8.81.302 |
Last Changed By | Person or organization that last changed the format project | SAP |
Last Changed On | Date on which the format project was last changed | 6/11/2010 3:19 PM |
Menu Path | Menu path of the format that is imported into SAP Business One Only available for GEP formats | Financials/Financial Reports/Electronic Report/EU Sales Report |
Show Welcome Step | Enable the welcome step of the EFM wizard in SAP Business One to be displayed Only available for GEP formats | True |
Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Name | Name of the format | EU Sales |
Description | Description of the format | The report lists the goods and services sold by a company to customers in European Union countries, grouped by the country and tax ID of the customers. |
Type | Type of the format | Generic Electronic File Format Project |
Localization | Localization for the format is | United Kingdom |
File Path | File path of the format | D:\Documents and Settings\All Users\My Documents\EU_Sales.gep |
Property | Description |
|---|---|
Name | Name of the mapping |
Description | Description or purpose of the mapping |
For GEP and SPP format projects, you can write a user script for each mapping, for example, for heavy calculations or loop functions.
Property | Description |
|---|---|
Script Type | Two types of script are allowed:
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Functions | Click the ellipsis button in the field to write functions in the user script editor. Syntax for calling a function defined in the user script: user:<Function Name>(<Parameter 1>, <Parameter 2>...) |
Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Is System | Indicates whether the structure was generated by the tool (true) | True |
Document Version | Version of the .rpt file in the format | 1.1 |
Name | Name of the document | EU Sales Report |
Type | Type of the document | RPT |
Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Preview | Indicates whether users are allowed to preview the .rpt file in SAP Business One | True |
Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Encoding | Encoding of the output file | UTF-8; iso-8859-1; gb2312 |
Fixed Line Length | Fixed length of line | 0 |
Line Break | Element or character that forces a break in the line of a file | True |
Name of the Output File | Name of the output file generated at runtime | de-eusales-1.0.xml |
Always Generated | Indicates whether to generate output file in all the cases including when validation error occurs | False |
Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Name | Name of the document | EU Sales Report |
Description | Description of the document | |
Type | Type of the document | CSV (Comma delimited) |
Is System | Indicates whether the structure was generated by the tool | True |
Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Default Separator | Field separator | Tab, comma, space, semicolon |
Default Escape Char. | Character preserves the literal meaning of a character used as either separator or enclosed character | “ (double quote), ‘ (single quote) |
Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Target Namespace | Target namespace of the XML document | Empty string indicates the default name space. |
Different nodes in RPT contain only some or all the properties.
Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Type | Node type | Field |
Reference No. | Reference code or alias of the node. Use the reference code or alias to refer to the node in the function or the condition of another node. | LawsSet |
Name | Name of the node | LawsSet |
Description | Description of the node |
Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Original Formatted Value | Original value formatted according to the format template in the .rpt file | IT |
Original Value | Original value from the data source | IT |
Further Information | Additional data about the Crystal Reports field node; for example, field information from the database | CINF.LawsSet |
Formula Name | Formula from the.rpt file | {CINF.LawsSet} |
Use Original Formatted Value | Indicates whether to use the original formatted value in the target document | False |
Different nodes in CSV contain only some or all the properties.
Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Section Header | Indicates whether to output the section header to the format | |
Escape Character | The character preserves the literal meaning of a character used as either separator or enclosed character | a,b,”,”/a,b,’,’ “a””b” “a’’b” |
Separator | Field separator | Tab, comma, space, semicolon |
Default value | Default value of the node that can accept value |
Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Type | Node type | |
Reference No. | Reference code or alias of the node. Use the reference code or alias to refer to the node in the function or to the condition of another node. | |
Name | Name of the node | |
Description | Description of the node |
Different nodes in XML contain only some or all the properties.
Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Type | Node type | Element |
Reference No. | Reference code or alias of the node. Use the reference code or alias to refer to the node in the function or to the condition of another node. | StrtNm4 |
Name | Name of the node | StrtNm |
Description | Description of the node | |
Optional | Indicates whether the XML attribute node can be omitted in the document | True |
Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Prefix | Declared prefix of the namespace to which this node belongs | |
XML Name | XML tag name in the XML document | StrtNm |
XML Namespace | Namespace under which the XML node is defined | urn:iso:std:iso:20022:tech:xsd:pain.001.001.02 |
Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Default Value | Default value of the node that can accept value | |
Allow Null | Indicates whether the XML element can accept “null”. If you select “True” and the runtime value is null, the output is <element1 xsi:nil="true" /> | True |
Different nodes in TXT contain only some or all the properties.
Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Type | Node type | |
Reference No. | Reference code or alias of the node. Use the reference code or alias to refer to the node in the function or to the condition of another node. | |
Name | Name of the node | |
Description | Description of the node |
Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Padding Character | Specify the character to be used to fill empty spaces of a field when its text is shorter than required length. | Space, Zero (0) |
Length | Length of the field, including padding characters. To indicate indefinite length, specify a negative number. | 8 |
Text Alignment | Indicates how text is aligned in the field | Left |
Offset | Starting position of the field | 1 |
Default Value | Default value of the node that can accept values | |
Include Line Break | Indicates whether to automatically include the line break at the end of the text | True |
Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Description | Description of the connection |