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                             PBDISTRIB FILE

UPDATED BY

PR197     PR198

FIELD NAME           DESCRIPTION/VALID VALUES                    UPDATED BY

PDB-COMPANY          Numeric 4                                   PR197
Company              The company number represents an
                     established company and is entered on
                     all function codes.

PDB-EMPLOYEE         Numeric 9                                   PR197
Employee             Contains the employee number. Each
                     person employed by the company is
                     assigned a unique number. The system
                     uses the employee number to correlate
                     all of the information related to that
                     person.

PDB-CHECK-ID         Numeric 12                                  PR197
Internal Check ID    Contains the payment identification
Number               number (unique payment identifier used
                     in tracking payment information).

PDB-OBJ-ID           Numeric 12                                  PR197
Object               This is the object identifier. It is
Identification       used to relate commitments or posted
                     transactions back to the originating
                     subsystems. Each subsystem record that
                     is updated as a commitment or posted
                     transaction is assigned an object
                     identifier. The object identifier is
                     maintained in the subsystem files and in
                     the Activity Commitments Detail and
                     Activity Transaction files. The object
                     identifier is a unique key used to drill
                     back from Activity Management to the
                     subsystems.

PDB-STATUS           Numeric 1                                   PR198
Status               This field displays the status of the
                     transaction.

PDB-PROCESS-LEVEL    Alpha 5                                     PR197
Process Level        This field contains the process level,
                     which is the reporting hierarchy below
                     company.

PDB-DEPARTMENT       Alpha 5                                     PR197
Department           Contains the department.

PDB-RECORD-TYPE      Alpha 1                                     PR197
Record Type          This field identifies the type of
                     record defined.

                     Valid values are:
                     S = Summary
                     D = Detail

PDB-CHECK-TYPE       Alpha 1                                     PR197
Payment Type         Contains the payment type.

PDB-DST-ACCT-UNIT    Alpha 15                                    PR197
Distribution         Contains the General Ledger accounting
Accounting Unit      unit to which the amount is posted.

PDB-DST-ACCOUNT      Numeric 6                                   PR197
Distribution         Contains the General Ledger account to
Account Number       which the amount is posted.

PDB-DST-SUB-ACCT     Numeric 4                                   PR197
Distribution         Contains the General Ledger subaccount
Subaccount Number    to which the amount is posted.

PDB-DIST-COMPANY     Numeric 4                                   PR197
Distribution Company The company number used for posting the
                     transaction. A valid intercompany
                     relationship must be defined in the
                     Lawson General Ledger system.

PDB-PCD-SEQ-NBR      Numeric 4                                   PR197
Pcd Seq Nbr

PDB-DED-CODE         Alpha 4                                     PR197
Deduction Code

PDB-HOURS            Signed 7.2                                  PR197
Hours                Contains the hours.

PDB-DIST-AMT         Signed 13.2                                 PR197
Distribution Amount

PDB-GL-DATE          Numeric 8  (yyyymmdd)                       PR197
General Ledger Date  This field contains the general ledger
                     posting date.

PDB-JOB-CODE         Alpha 9                                     PR197
Job Code             Contains a user-defined code that
                     represents a type of job.

PDB-RUN-DATE         Numeric 8  (yyyymmdd)                       PR197   PR198
Program Run Date     The date a transaction is posted to
                     general ledger.

PDB-RUN-TIME         Numeric 6  (hhmmss)                         PR197   PR198
Program Run Time     Contains the time a transaction is
                     posted to the general ledger.

PDB-ACTIVITY         Alpha 15                                    PR197
Activity             Activities are the processes or
                     procedures that produce work. Cost
                     objects (products, services, customers,
                     and so on) are the reasons for
                     performing the activity.


PDB-GLT-OBJ-ID       Numeric 12                                  PR198
Subsystem GL         This is a subsystem GL interface
Interface ID         identification number. It is used for
                     Drill Around purposes.

PDB-ATN-OBJ-ID       Numeric 12                                  PR197   PR198
Atn Object ID        The system-defined object id
                     representing the Activity Management
                     commitment.

PDB-POSITION         Alpha 12                                    PR197
Position             Contains the user-defined code that
                     represents a position in the company.

PDB-ACCT-CATEGORY    Alpha 5                                     PR197
Account Category     Account categories are groupings of
                     costs, revenues, or a combination of
                     both used for reporting and inquiries
                     for activities in the Activity
                     Management system. All transactions are
                     posted to an account category within an
                     activity. You can assign a specific
                     General Ledger account or range of
                     accounts (company, accounting unit,
                     account, and subaccount) that make up
                     the transactions posted to an account
                     category using AC07.1 (Account
                     Assignment).

                     Period-to-date, year-to-date, and
                     life-to-date balances are maintained by
                     account category for activities. Account
                     categories must be assigned to
                     activities before you do any budgeting
                     or transaction processing.

PDB-CURRENCY-CODE    Alpha 5                                     PR197
Currency Code        This field contains the company base
                     currency code established in Company
                     (GL10.1 ).

PDB-CURR-ND          Numeric 1                                   PR197
Currency Number of   Represents the number of decimals
Decimals             defined for the currency of the object.

PDB-ERROR-TYPE       Numeric 1                                   PR197
Error Type

PDB-CO-CURR-CD       Alpha 5                                     PR197
Co Curr Cd

PDB-DST-CO-CURR-CD   Alpha 5                                     PR197
Dst Co Curr Cd

PDB-CO-EXCH-RATE     Signed 12.6                                 PR197
Co Exch Rate

PDB-DIST-EXCH-RATE   Signed 12.6                                 PR197
Dist Exch Rate

PDB-MSG-NBR          Numeric 3 Occurs 10 Times                   PR197
Msg Nbr

PDB-HM-PROC-LEVEL    Alpha 5                                     PR197
Hm Proc Level

PDB-ATTEND-CODE      Alpha 2                                     PR197
Attendance Code      A user-defined alphanumeric code that
                     represents a reason for an employee's
                     absence or hours worked.  Examples of
                     attendance codes are, sick, vacation,
                     overtime, on the job injury, snow day,
                     tardy, left early, and so on. Validated
                     in the Attendance Code file.

PDB-AC-UPDATED       Alpha 1                                     PR197
Ac Updated           Indicates the completion of AC530 for
                     Activity Management commitments.

PDB-INVOICE          Alpha 22
Invoice Number       Used to identify the invoice.

PDB-GARN-OBJ-ID      Numeric 12                                  PR197
Garn Obj Id

PDB-SEGMENT-SEQ      Numeric 12                                  PR197
Segment Seq

                         PBDISTRIB FILE INDEX

NAME      KEY FIELDS    DESCRIPTION / SUBSET CONDITION           USED IN

PDBSET1   COMPANY                                                PR198
          EMPLOYEE
          CHECK-ID
          OBJ-ID

PDBSET2   COMPANY
          EMPLOYEE
          GL-DATE
          CHECK-ID
          OBJ-ID

PDBSET3   DIST-COMPANY
          DST-ACCT-UNIT
          DST-ACCOUNT
          DST-SUB-ACCT
          GLT-OBJ-ID
          OBJ-ID

PDBSET4   COMPANY                                                PR198
          STATUS
          ERROR-TYPE
          HM-PROC-LEVEL
          DIST-COMPANY
          DST-ACCT-UNIT
          DST-ACCOUNT
          DST-SUB-ACCT
          GL-DATE
          EMPLOYEE
          CHECK-ID
          OBJ-ID

PDBSET5   COMPANY       Subset
          ACTIVITY      Where ACTIVITY != Spaces
          ATN-OBJ-ID
          EMPLOYEE
          OBJ-ID

PDBSET6   COMPANY       Subset                                   PR198
          PROCESS-LEVEL Where STATUS = 9
          EMPLOYEE
          GL-DATE
          CHECK-ID
          OBJ-ID

                         PBDISTRIB FILE RELATIONS

ONE TO ONE RELATIONS


RELATION       RELATED
 NAME           FILE        INTEGRITY RULES / FIELD MATCH

Acct Category  ACACCTCAT    Required

                            PDB-ACCT-CATEGORY    -> AAX-ACCT-CATEGORY

Activity       ACACTIVITY   Required

                            PDB-ACTIVITY         -> ACV-ACTIVITY

Gltrans        GLTRANS      Required

                            PDB-GLT-OBJ-ID       -> GLT-OBJ-ID

Paymastr       PAYMASTR     Required

                            PDB-COMPANY          -> PYM-COMPANY
                            PDB-EMPLOYEE         -> PYM-EMPLOYEE
                            PDB-CHECK-ID         -> PYM-CHECK-ID

                         PBDISTRIB FILE RELATIONS

ONE TO MANY RELATIONS


RELATION       RELATED
 NAME           FILE        INTEGRITY RULES / FIELD MATCH

Pbhstdtl       PBHSTDTL

                            PDB-COMPANY          -> PBH-COMPANY
                            PDB-EMPLOYEE         -> PBH-EMPLOYEE
                            PDB-CHECK-ID         -> PBH-CHECK-ID
                            PDB-PROCESS-LEVEL    -> PBH-PROCESS-LEVEL
                                                    PBH-INVOICE
                                                    PBH-LINE-NBR

Sltrans        SLTRANS

                            PDB-GLT-OBJ-ID       -> SLT-GLT-OBJ-ID
                                                    SLT-OBJ-ID