Customizing the MEA:202 Element

The MEA:202 element contains the Measurement Dimension, Coded for each item in the invoice. For brevity on the translation object, you need to rename the field label. Also, you need to customize the MEA:202 element so that a drop-down list box containing all valid codes in the code list is available to your users when they use the screen entry translation object. The drop-down list box will enable them to select the appropriate EDI code from the ones available

Use this procedure to rename the field label, add Help text, and load the code list table from the standard for the Measurement Dimension, Coded field.

  1. Double-click the MEA:202 element (in the LIN group).
  2. On the Display tab, enter UOM in the Label box.
  3. On the Help tab, enter the following text in the Help Text list. 
    Select the unit of measurement for the invoiced item.
  4. On the Standard Rule tab, do the following:
    • Select Use Code.
    • Click Edit to access the Edit Code List dialog.

      The Table ID box contains 6313, which is the name of the element for which this code list table will be used. The Desc box contains MEASUREMENT DIMENSION, CODED, which is the description of the element for which this code list table is used.

    • Click Load. You are prompted to select an ODBC data source name.
  5. Select the appropriate DSN and click OK to access the Load Code List dialog.
  6. On the Load Code List dialog, do the following:
    • Click Add All to select all the codes and move them to the Codes Selected list. Adding all the codes in the table (by using Add All) creates a much larger form than if you only use selected codes.
    • Click OK to load the code list and exit the Load Code List dialog.
  7. Click Close to exit the Edit Code List dialog.
  8. Click OK to exit the dialog.