Formatted view

This view displays the message as a series of fields and their values. By default, the values are displayed and must be entered in accordance with the message standard. The format of numbers can be configured as described in Configuring the number format.

If number formatting is configured, the behavior of number entry fields changes as follows:
  • The number is displayed as defined by the configuration, not as defined by the message standard.
  • The online help and the field-level help always describe the format of numbers according to the message standard (that is, regardless of the configured number format).
  • The thousands separators that are displayed in a view disappear as soon as you enter the underlying field to edit the value. For example, if an amount is displayed as 123,456,789.01, its value will change to 123456789.01 as soon as you enter the amount field to edit the value. However, if you leave the edit field, the thousands separators will reappear.
  • If a number has no decimal digits, neither the decimal separator nor the decimal zeros are displayed. For example, if com.ibm.dnq.formattedview.number=dot is configured, and if you enter the number 123,456,789.00 (or just 123,456,789. with a dot as decimal separator and without digits), this number is displayed as 123,456,789 (and changes to 123456789 as soon as you re-enter the edit field).

For some fields, code word selection or BIC information retrieval is available to make it easier to enter data. For some fields, field-level help is available. To display this help, select a field and press Ctrl+F1.

Figure 1. Formatted view of a message
Figure showing formatted view

Fields can be changed if you are allowed to edit or modify the message content. If the message is available to you in read-only mode, the formatted view displays the fields but you are not allowed to change them.

For most multi-line input fields in DNIFIN messages, some checks on the data can be performed in the browser without a server round-trip. This is automatically done when you leave the field or press F1. If problems are detected, they are displayed in a similar fashion as the field-level help. If no problems are detected, or if no browser checks are defined for the field, nothing is shown. Fields without data are not checked in the browser.