User-Defined Info Subtask

Use this subtask to view user-defined labels set up in the Manage Employee User-Defined Labels screen.

You can use the Values field, in conjunction with the labels you already established, to enter employee-specific information. Once established, the tables display the labels that pertain to their data type. For example, the date table displays the date labels assigned to a specific employee.

Set up the labels and validated text for these user-defined fields in the Manage Employee User-Defined Labels screen before you enter this subtask. You must also set up employees on the main screen.

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Field Description
Data Type

This field, which is defined for each row in the Manage Employee User-Defined Labels screen, displays the data type that determines which category of text you enter in the appropriate Values field:

  • D (Date) allows entry of a date in the Date Value field.
  • N (Numeric) allows entry of a number in the Numeric Value field.
  • T (Text) allows entry of alphanumeric text in the Text Value field.

If the Required column is Y (Yes), you must populate the appropriate Values field.  

Labels

This field displays the text entered in the Manage Employee User-Defined Labels screen. You can assign values to the selected employee.

Text Value

If the Data Type for the selected row is T (Text) and the Validated Text field contains a Y (Yes), enter, or click to select, a text row for this label that was established on the Validated Text subtask of the Manage Employee User-Defined Labels screen. If the Data Type is T and the Validated Text field is N (No), enter, or click to select, a column from an already existing data table.

If the Required column is Y (Yes), you must populate the appropriate Values field.  

Numeric Value

If the Data Type is N (numeric), enter an employee-specific numeric value based on the label.

If the Required column is Y (Yes), you must populate the appropriate Values field.  

Date Value

If the Data Type is D (Date), enter, or click to select, an employee-specific date based on the label for the selected row.

If the Required column is Y (Yes), you must populate the appropriate Values field.  

Costpoint Validation Field

This field displays the selected column from an already existing data table when the Validated Text field is N and the Data Type for the label is T (Text) on the Manage Employee User-Defined Labels screen.

Validated Text

This field displays a Y (Yes) if entries for this label are restricted to specific alphanumeric text in the Values column and the Data Type for the label is T (Text). You can maintain text rows and their descriptions in the Validated Text subtask of the Manage Employee User-Defined-Labels screen.

Required

This field displays a Y (Yes) if the user-defined information in the Values column is required.