Customizing Field Labels

Field labels identify the contents of the fields included in a screen entry or print form. The system uses the element name from the EDI standard as the default to label a field. You can customize the default field label to be any name you choose.

We recommend that you label every field. If you decide not to label a field, follow the steps below, but delete the existing field label. For example, you might decide not to label the fields of a company address to be entered in a standard address format, because it is obviously an address. In this instance, the name of the company is on the first line; the street address is on the second line; and the city, state, and zip code are on the third line and do not need to be labeled.

Use this procedure to customize a field label.

  1. Double-click the element for which you want to customize the field label.

    The system displays the Element Properties dialog box (Name tab).

  2. Do one of the following:
    • To customize a field label on a screen entry form, click the Display tab.
    • To customize a field label on a print form, click the Print tab.
  3. In the "Please enter a label for this field" box, modify the text to customize the label.
  4. Click OK to save the new label and exit the Element Properties dialog box.
  5. Click Generate Layout from the main toolbar to refresh the form display.