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PBDISTRIB


                             PBDISTRIB FILE

                       Pay to Bill Distributions

UPDATED BY

PR197     PR198

FIELD NAME             DESCRIPTION/VALID VALUES                  UPDATED BY

PDB-COMPANY            Numeric 4                                 PR197
Element: Company Hr    Identifies the AP company if the
                       resource type = V.  Identifies the HR
                       company if the resource type = E.  It is
                       blank for type A, P or Q resources.

PDB-EMPLOYEE           Numeric 9                                 PR197
Element: Employee      Contains the employee number. Each
                       person employed by the company is
                       assigned a unique number. The system
                       uses the employee number to correlate
                       all of the information related to that
                       person.

PDB-CHECK-ID           Numeric 12                                PR197
Internal Check ID      Contains the payment identification
Number                 number (unique payment identifier used
                       in tracking payment information).

PDB-OBJ-ID             Numeric 12                                PR197
Object                 This is the object identifier. It is
Identification         used to relate commitments or posted
                       transactions back to the originating
                       subsystems. Each subsystem record that
                       is updated as a commitment or posted
                       transaction is assigned an object
                       identifier. The object identifier is
                       maintained in the subsystem files and in
                       the Activity Commitments Detail and
                       Activity Transaction files. The object
                       identifier is a unique key used to drill
                       back from Activity Management to the
                       subsystems.

PDB-STATUS             Numeric 1                                 PR198
Element: Status        This field displays the status of the
                       transaction.

PDB-PROCESS-LEVEL      Alpha 5                                   PR197
Element: Process Lev HrThis field contains the process level,
                       which is the reporting hierarchy below
                       company.

PDB-DEPARTMENT         Alpha 5                                   PR197
Element: Department    Contains the department.

PDB-RECORD-TYPE        Alpha 1                                   PR197
Element: Record Type   This field identifies the type of
                       record defined.

                       Valid values are:
                       S = Summary
                       D = Detail

PDB-CHECK-TYPE         Alpha 1                                   PR197
Element: Payment Type  Contains the payment type.

PDB-DST-ACCT-UNIT      Alpha 15                                  PR197
Element: Accounting UniContains the General Ledger accounting
                       unit to which the amount is posted.

PDB-DST-ACCOUNT        Numeric 6                                 PR197
Element: Account       Contains the General Ledger account to
                       which the amount is posted.

PDB-DST-SUB-ACCT       Numeric 4                                 PR197
Element: Subaccount    Contains the General Ledger subaccount
                       to which the amount is posted.

PDB-DIST-COMPANY       Numeric 4                                 PR197
Element: Company       The company number used for posting the
                       transaction. A valid intercompany
                       relationship must be defined in the
                       Lawson General Ledger system.

PDB-PCD-SEQ-NBR        Numeric 4                                 PR197
Element: Pcd Seq Nbr

PDB-DED-CODE           Alpha 4                                   PR197
Element: Deduction Code

PDB-HOURS              Signed 7.2                                PR197
Element: Hours         Contains the hours.

PDB-DIST-AMT           Signed 13.2                               PR197
Element: Distribution Amount

PDB-GL-DATE            Numeric 8  (yyyymmdd)                     PR197
Element: General LedgerThis field contains the general ledger
                       posting date.

PDB-JOB-CODE           Alpha 9                                   PR197
Element: Job Code      Contains a user-defined code that
                       represents a type of job.

PDB-RUN-DATE           Numeric 8  (yyyymmdd)                     PR197   PR198
Element: Program Run DaThe date a transaction is posted to
                       general ledger.

PDB-RUN-TIME           Numeric 6  (hhmmss)                       PR197   PR198
Element: Sys Time      Contains the time a transaction is
                       posted to the general ledger.

PDB-ACTIVITY           Alpha 15                                  PR197
Element: Activity      Activities are the processes or
                       procedures that produce work. Cost
                       objects (products, services, customers,
                       and so on) are the reasons for
                       performing the activity.


PDB-GLT-OBJ-ID         Numeric 12                                PR197   PR198
Object                 This is a subsystem GL interface
Identification         identification number. It is used for
                       Drill Around purposes.

PDB-ATN-OBJ-ID         Numeric 12                                PR197   PR198
Object                 The system-defined object id
Identification         representing the Activity Management
                       commitment.

PDB-POSITION           Alpha 12                                  PR197
Element: Position      Contains the user-defined code that
                       represents a position in the company.

PDB-ACCT-CATEGORY      Alpha 5                                   PR197
Element: Account CategoAccount categories are groupings of
                       costs, revenues, or a combination of
                       both used for reporting and inquiries
                       for activities in the Activity
                       Management system. All transactions are
                       posted to an account category within an
                       activity. You can assign a specific
                       General Ledger account or range of
                       accounts (company, accounting unit,
                       account, and subaccount) that make up
                       the transactions posted to an account
                       category using AC07.1 (Account
                       Assignment).

                       Period-to-date, year-to-date, and
                       life-to-date balances are maintained by
                       account category for activities. Account
                       categories must be assigned to
                       activities before you do any budgeting
                       or transaction processing.

                       Valid account category types are:
                       cost
                       revenue
                       accrual
                       pass thru

PDB-CURRENCY-CODE      Alpha 5                                   PR197
Element: Currency Code This field contains the company base
                       currency code established in Company
                       (GL10.1 ).

PDB-CURR-ND            Numeric 1                                 PR197
Account Currency       Represents the number of decimals
Code                   defined for the currency of the object.

PDB-ERROR-TYPE         Numeric 1                                 PR197
Element: Error Type

PDB-CO-CURR-CD         Alpha 5                                   PR197
Element: Co Curr Cd

PDB-DST-CO-CURR-CD     Alpha 5                                   PR197
Element: Dst Co Curr Cd

PDB-CO-EXCH-RATE       Signed 14.7                               PR197
Element: Co Exch Rate

PDB-DIST-EXCH-RATE     Signed 14.7                               PR197
Element: Dist Exch Rate

PDB-MSG-NBR            Numeric 3 Occurs 10 Times                 PR197
Element: Msg Nbr

PDB-HM-PROC-LEVEL      Alpha 5                                   PR197
Element: Process Lev HrContains the employee's home process
                       level.

PDB-ATTEND-CODE        Alpha 2                                   PR197
Element: Attendance CodA user-defined alphanumeric code that
                       represents a reason for an employee's
                       absence or hours worked.  Examples of
                       attendance codes are, sick, vacation,
                       overtime, on the job injury, snow day,
                       tardy, left early, and so on. Validated
                       in the Attendance Code file.

PDB-AC-UPDATED         Alpha 1                                   PR197
Element: Ac191 Updated Indicates the completion of AC530 for
                       Activity Management commitments.

PDB-INVOICE            Alpha 22
Element: Invoice NumberUsed to identify the invoice.

PDB-GARN-OBJ-ID        Numeric 12                                PR197
Element: Garn Obj Id

PDB-SEGMENT-SEQ        Numeric 12                                PR197
Element: Segment Seq

                         PBDISTRIB FILE INDEX

NAME      KEY FIELDS    DESCRIPTION / SUBSET CONDITION           USED IN

PDBSET1   COMPANY                                                PR198
          EMPLOYEE
          CHECK-ID
          OBJ-ID

PDBSET3   DIST-COMPANY
          DST-ACCT-UNIT
          DST-ACCOUNT
          DST-SUB-ACCT
          GLT-OBJ-ID
          OBJ-ID

PDBSET4   COMPANY                                                PR198
          STATUS
          ERROR-TYPE
          HM-PROC-LEVEL
          DIST-COMPANY
          DST-ACCT-UNIT
          DST-ACCOUNT
          DST-SUB-ACCT
          GL-DATE
          EMPLOYEE
          CHECK-ID
          OBJ-ID

PDBSET5   COMPANY       Subset
          ACTIVITY      Where ACTIVITY != Spaces
          ATN-OBJ-ID
          EMPLOYEE
          OBJ-ID

PDBSET6   COMPANY       Subset                                   PR198
          PROCESS-LEVEL Where STATUS = 9
          EMPLOYEE
          GL-DATE
          CHECK-ID
          OBJ-ID

                         PBDISTRIB FILE RELATIONS

ONE TO ONE RELATIONS


RELATION       RELATED
 NAME           FILE        INTEGRITY RULES / FIELD MATCH

Acct Category  ACACCTCAT    Required

                            PDB-ACCT-CATEGORY    -> AAX-ACCT-CATEGORY

Activity       ACACTIVITY   Required

                            PDB-ACTIVITY         -> ACV-ACTIVITY

Employee       EMPLOYEE     Required

                            PDB-COMPANY          -> EMP-COMPANY
                            PDB-EMPLOYEE         -> EMP-EMPLOYEE

Gltrans        GLTRANS      Required

                            PDB-GLT-OBJ-ID       -> GLT-OBJ-ID

Paymastr       PAYMASTR     Required

                            PDB-COMPANY          -> PYM-COMPANY
                            PDB-EMPLOYEE         -> PYM-EMPLOYEE
                            PDB-CHECK-ID         -> PYM-CHECK-ID

                         PBDISTRIB FILE RELATIONS

ONE TO MANY RELATIONS


RELATION       RELATED
 NAME           FILE        INTEGRITY RULES / FIELD MATCH

Pbhstdtl       PBHSTDTL

                            PDB-COMPANY          -> PBH-COMPANY
                            PDB-EMPLOYEE         -> PBH-EMPLOYEE
                            PDB-CHECK-ID         -> PBH-CHECK-ID
                            PDB-PROCESS-LEVEL    -> PBH-PROCESS-LEVEL
                                                    PBH-INVOICE
                                                    PBH-LINE-NBR

Sltrans        SLTRANS

                            PDB-GLT-OBJ-ID       -> SLT-GLT-OBJ-ID
                                                    SLT-OBJ-ID