Communications System Parameters Maintenance

Use Communications System Parameters Maintenance to maintain information used during electronic billing communications.

Tip:  For more information about working with data in fields, see the Data Entry Guidelines.

Directions:

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• Opening Communications System Parameters Maintenance, click More.

   

  1.  Click Billing Functions from the Menu Bar.

  2.  Click Communications.

  3.  Click File Maintenance.

  4.  Click System Parameters.
  
  
  
  Advanced Methods:
  
  Click the following sequence:
  Billing Functions from the Menu Bar; Menu Panel; File Maintenance on the Menu Bar; and System Parameters.

   

  Communications System Parameters Maintenance Window Example:

  

   

• Creating a New System Parameters, click More.

   

  Note:  You can not create any new System Parameters.  The necessary table is created during the electronic billing installation and during setup.  To maintain the System Parameters, see the instructions for editing later in this topic.

   

• Editing an Existing System Parameters, click More.

   

  CAUTION:  To avoid losing data, you must save new or changed records.

  1.  To display the record to be changed, simply open System Parameters Maintenance.  The record automatically displays.

  2.  To position the pointer to the information that you want to change, press [TAB] or click the field using the mouse.

  3.  Enter the data changes.

  4.  To complete the edit process, click Save , or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + s]

   

  Communications System Parameters Maintenance Prompts Tip:  To see more information about a field, click the hyperlink for the field name.
  SYSTEM	Displays for your reference.
  	To update the new or changed information, click Save or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + s]
  	CAUTION To avoid losing data, you must save new or changed records.
  	Note:  Search is not active during this maintenance.
  	To display the existing System Parameters, click Retrieve, or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]
  Unix Path	Enter the Unix path for a temporary working path used during electronic billing communications. (up to 60 characters)
  Max Logs Kept	Note:  This field is reserved for future use.  Please leave blank.
  Text File Area	Note:  This field is reserved for future use.  Please leave blank.
  FTComm Version	Note:  This field is reserved for future use.  Please leave blank.

   

• Deleting an Existing System Parameters, click More.

   

  Note:  To maintain data integrity, you can not delete the System Parameters.