Defining the Application ID Field

You must define either the application ID field or the Application Alias Value field (three-field key). You may define both of these fields if you wish to use the alternate key method.

Use this procedure to define the application ID field.

  1. Double-click the application ID field.

    The system displays the Field Properties dialog box.

  2. Select the Standard Rule tab.
  3. From the standard rule list, choose Update.
  4. From the table list, choose Document record.

    This indicates that you are updating the document record in the Sterling Gentran:Server® internal system buffer (because the translator is not mapping data at this point in the process).

  5. From the column list, choose Application Field 1.

    This indicates that you are updating an optional key field in the system buffer.

  6. Click OK to add the standard rule to the application ID field.