User manual BUSINESS OBJECTS ZIPCOUNT 7.90C

[. . . ] Presort users can incorporate ZIPCount to view breakdowns of the mailing to select SCF and BMC entry points. It is important to understand that ZIPCount reports the number of records, not mail pieces. So, if you are using PW field Copies, then the Processing Center Listing may be needed. ZIPCount can produce additional savings by calculating quantities of mail pieces for specified areas. [. . . ] You can use $JOB at this parameter, which converts to the base job file name (without a path or extension). 10 ZIPCount User's Guide Input File block *To specify multiple input files, the input block may be repeated. BEGIN Input Input Input Field END Input File ============================================== File Name (Location & file name). . . . . . . . . = File Type (ASCII/DBASE3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = Filter (to 512 chars). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = to Count. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = Input File Name (Location & file name) Remember to include the full path name if the input file is not located in the current directory. For example, $job. dbf, $job. dat or $job. txt Input File Type (ASCII/DBASE3) All ASCII files must have an accompanying FMT file. All DBASE3 file field lengths and names are read from the header at the top of the file. Input filter (to 512 chars) Use this feature to exclude records and focus your ZIPCount reports. For example, if you want to drop-ship within a certain radius of your plant, you could use an input filter to eliminate distant ZIP Codes. As in our other programs, ZIPCount processes only those records that result in TRUE when the filter expressing is evaluated. Field to Count $JOB is accepted at this parameter. For an example, refer back to the code report on page 18. If you routinely want a report based on the exp_date field, you could create a job file called exp_date. zct and enter the $job at this parameter. ZIPCount then looks for the exp_date field. The Code Report reads the entire field defined. It simply relies on the FMT or header to find the field to count. Chapter 1: Job file parameters 11 Report block *To generate multiple reports, the report block may be repeated. BEGIN Report ================================================== Location and File Name/Printer Device. . . . . . . . . . = Existing File (APPEND/REPLACE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = Page Header Line 1 (to 80 chars). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = Page Header Line 2 (to 80 chars). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = Page Header Line 3 (to 80 chars). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = Page Header Line 4 (to 80 chars). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = Page Length (40-100 lines). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] The Blank Code Fields indicates the number of records checked without any information in the field specified. This count is different from the Undetermined ZIP Codes count because it only counts fields that are completely blank, whereas the Undetermined ZIP Codes field counts full field with non-numeric characters in the first five digits. These ZIP Codes have a non-numeric character in the first five characters. Blank fields are counted, but not displayed in the record. [. . . ]