Item Description Prefix Example

Computed A field that's c_ c_SalesTax A table contains an invoice amount field but not a sales
field created from tax field. You know that sales tax is calculated at 10% so
existing data you create a computed field that calculates the sales tax
based on the invoice amount using the expression:

 invoice_amount * .10

Filter An expression used f_ f_Designers Remember when you performed a salary review of
to isolate data that Designers and you created a filter (job = "DESIGNER") to
meets the filter isolate the Designers in your company? Well, you had the
criteria option to name it and save it! And if you had done so, we
would have recommended you save it with the prefix "f_".

Prepared A table that has p_ p_Payroll2016Actua Your objective is to analyze 2016 payroll amounts, but
table been prepared for l you discover the file you're working with also contains
analysis some 2017 amounts.

You need to get rid of those 2017 amounts so that the

results of your analysis are valid and only contain 2016
amounts. You filter and extract only the 2016 amounts to
a new table.

Since you prepared this table for your analysis, it's known
as a prepared table.

Result table A table that r_ r_Top10Customers Your objective is to identify the 10 customers with the
contains the results highest sales volume.
of your analysis
Since this table contains the final results of your analysis
(the top 10 customers), it's considered a 'result' table.

Unlike the prepared table (which you will still be

performing analysis on once you create it), the results
table is a final table of your results.
Item Description Prefix Example

Temporary A table that is not t_ t_Payroll2016Sort You need to sort a table from highest to lowest salary
table required for your amounts before running a command on it.
results
Since this table is only used briefly, and is not used in your
final results, it's considered a temporary table.

Variable A way of storing a v_
value (for example
a total of a field, a
record count, or a
table name) in the
project for future
use.
v_TotalTaxAmount You generate a total of the tax_amount field ($14,000)
and need a way to save it for use later.
You assign the total of the tax amount field to the variable
v_TotalTaxAmount.h
Now, you can use v_TotalTaxAmount at any time and it
will register the stored value as $14,000.

Script A script is a series none AP_Wknds_Hols Script snippets start with a description name followed by
of ACLScript an alphanumeric naming convention for each snippet. The
commands that examples below may look a little intimidating now, but
performs a they'll make more sense once you start your own
particular task (or scripting.
several related
tasks).  CalculateTax
 CalculateTax_A00 (first sub script)
Scripts save you  CalculateTax_B00 (second sub script)
time, ensure  CalculateTax_B01 (called from within B00)
consistency, and  CalculateTax_B02 (called from within B00)
run more than one  CalculateTax_C00 (third sub script)
command at a time.

Sub script none AP_Wknds_Hols_A0

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