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                             ARCOMMENT FILE

                           Customer Comments

The AR Customer Comments file contains comment records for customers and
transactions identifiable by comment type.

REFERENCED BY

AR217     AR140     AR245     AR271     AR36.2    AR45.1
AR46.1    AR48.1    AR72.1    AR90.1    AR75.1    AR70.2
BLI2.1

UPDATED BY

AR17.1    AR29.1    AR29.3    AR300     AR301     ARI1.1
AR42.2

FIELD NAME           DESCRIPTION/VALID VALUES                    UPDATED BY

CMT-COMPANY          Numeric 4                                   AR17.1  ARI1.1
Company              The company number represents an
                     established company and is entered on
                     all function codes.

CMT-CUSTOMER         Alpha 9  (Right Justified)                  AR17.1  AR29.1
Customer             Customer number.                            AR29.3  ARI1.1

CMT-SEQ-NUMBER       Numeric 6                                   AR17.1  AR29.1
Record Sequence      A unique number assigned to each            ARI1.1
Number               transaction to be transferred into the
                     Lawson system.


CMT-CMMT-TYPE        Alpha 1                                     AR17.1  ARI1.1
Comment Type         Type of comment entered. Valid values
                     are:

                     O = Order Entry comment
                     C = Customer comment
                     T = Transaction comment


CMT-TRANS-TYPE       Alpha 1                                     AR17.1  ARI1.1
Transaction Type     Identifies the type of transaction to
                     which the comment belongs. Valid values
                     are:

                     C = Credit Memo
                     D = Debit Memo
                     I = Invoice
                     P = Payment

                     M = Mixed

CMT-INVOICE          Alpha 22                                    AR17.1  ARI1.1
Invoice Number       Used to identify the invoice.

CMT-BEG-DATE         Numeric 8  (yyyymmdd)                       AR17.1  ARI1.1
Beginning Date       Date at which time the comment becomes
                     effective for online and report
                     selection. Comments are accessible in
                     AR17 (Comments), until they are deleted
                     by AR17 or AR300 (Transaction Purge).


CMT-END-DATE         Numeric 8  (yyyymmdd)                       AR17.1  ARI1.1
Ending Date          Date at which time the comment becomes
                     ineffective for online and report
                     selection. Comments are accessible in
                     AR17 (Comments), until they are deleted
                     by AR17 Comments or by AR300
                     (Transaction Purge).


CMT-PRINT-CODE       Alpha 1                                     AR17.1  ARI1.1
Print Code           The Print Code defines where the
                     comment displays and/or prints. Valid
                     values are:

                     B = Both Display and Print
                     D = Display
                     P = Print
                     R = Order Entry forms


CMT-SYS-DATE         Numeric 8  (yyyymmdd)                       AR17.1  ARI1.1
System Date          System date that the comment was added
                     to the system. Used to determine
                     sequence of redisplay of comments.


CMT-SYS-TIME         Numeric 6  (hhmmss)                         AR17.1  ARI1.1
System Time          System time that the comment was added
                     to the system. Used to determine
                     sequence of redisplay of comments.


                         ARCOMMENT FILE INDEX

NAME      KEY FIELDS    DESCRIPTION / SUBSET CONDITION           USED IN

CMTSET1   COMPANY       This is the primary path used to access  AR17.1  AR217
          CUSTOMER      comment records.                         AR29.1  AR300
          SEQ-NUMBER                                             AR301   ARI1.1

CMTSET2   COMPANY       This path is used to access transaction  AR140   AR17.1
          CUSTOMER      level comments.                          AR217   AR245
          CMMT-TYPE     Subset                                   AR271   AR29.3
          TRANS-TYPE    Where CMMT-TYPE = "T"                    AR300   AR36.2
          INVOICE                                                AR45.1  AR46.1
          BEG-DATE                                               AR48.1  AR72.1
          SEQ-NUMBER                                             AR90.1

CMTSET3   COMPANY       This path is used to access customer     AR17.1  AR217
          CUSTOMER      level comments.                          AR271   AR72.1
          SYS-DATE*     Subset                                   AR75.1
          SYS-TIME*     Where CMMT-TYPE = "C"
          SEQ-NUMBER

CMTSET4   COMPANY       This path is used to access customer     AR70.2
          CUSTOMER      level comments in the customer review
          SYS-DATE*     program.
          SYS-TIME*     Subset
          SEQ-NUMBER    Where  CMMT-TYPE  = "C"
                        And   (PRINT-CODE = "B"
                        Or     PRINT-CODE = "D" )

CMTSET5   COMPANY       This path is used to access order entry  AR17.1  AR217
          CUSTOMER      comments.                                AR42.2  BLI2.1
          CMMT-TYPE     Subset
          TRANS-TYPE    Where CMMT-TYPE = "O"
          INVOICE
          SEQ-NUMBER

                         ARCOMMENT FILE RELATIONS

ONE TO ONE RELATIONS


RELATION       RELATED
 NAME           FILE        INTEGRITY RULES / FIELD MATCH

Arcomp         ARCOMP       Required

                            CMT-COMPANY       -> ACO-COMPANY

Arcustomer     ARCUSTOMER   Required

                            CMT-COMPANY       -> ACM-COMPANY
                            CMT-CUSTOMER      -> ACM-CUSTOMER

Aroihdr        AROIHDR      Required

                            CMT-COMPANY       -> ARH-COMPANY
                            CMT-CUSTOMER      -> ARH-CUSTOMER
                            CMT-TRANS-TYPE    -> ARH-TRANS-TYPE
                            CMT-INVOICE       -> ARH-INVOICE

Custdesc       CUSTDESC     Required

                            ACO-CUST-GROUP    -> CUD-CUST-GROUP
                            CMT-CUSTOMER      -> CUD-CUSTOMER