469.18 Statistical categories[//]

After choosing this option you are presented with an overview screen listing the codes already defined.

Options on the screen

New statistical category: choose this option to add a new category. An input form will be displayed:

Statistical category - The code must be unique. Valid entries contain a combination of characters A-Z, numbers 0-9 only. Punctuation, lowercase characters,  space  and characters with diacritics are not accepted as valid codes. Maximum length for the category code is 40.

Description – Descriptive wording for the statistical category. Punctuation, diacritics and spaces are allowed in the description. Maximum length for the description is 150.

Modify Statistical Category: select a code and then this option to change the description. The input form is similar to the one described above.

Jump to screen containing code: choose this option to browse quickly through a long list of codes. An input form will be displayed:

This option will display the screen containing the first occurrence of the text entered.

Enter a code or part of a code into the Statistical category to find the first occurrence of this string as a code.

OR

Enter text into the Description field to find the first occurrence of this string used in the description field.

Note

If there is an entry in the code and the description, the code portion will take precedence in the result presented.

Replace statistical category : This option globally replaces the selected statistical category with the replacement category selected from the drop down list.

The process will check all items on the system and replace the statistical code as specified for the item statistical category. This process can be used to delete a code which is no longer in use by reassigning the current statistical categories to a new value. The process can be executed while the system is active. A messsage will be displayed:

Once the processing has been completed, the original statistical code is removed from the list of defined statistical categories.