Custom fields are an extension of the PACE data model. Use custom fields to manipulate database field attributes when you create new fields. Custom fields are different than regular or database field attributes, which reference specific columns in the database.
Custom
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You create custom categories for field attributes to determine how field attributes are displayed. You can organize the fields by indicator, database, table, or by category. You can also list the fields all in one folder in alphabetical order. Complete the following procedure to create custom categories.
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From any Eagle window, click the Eagle Navigator button to access the Eagle Navigator.
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Enter Codes in the Start Search text box.
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Click the Codes(System Management Center) link to access the Codes window.
You see the Codes window.
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From the Codes module, select the Field Category Code and add new code values. The short description holds a number and the long description holds the actual description, as follows:
Short description of 1 = Long description of “Accounting Data”
Short description of 2 = Long description of “Performance Measurement Data”
Short description of 3 = Long description of “Holdings Data”
Short description of 4 = Long description of “Security Master Data”
Short description of 5 = Long description of “Shared Data”
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Open the Field Attributes module, under the Metadata category.
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Assign a category to each field attribute. From the workspace, select just one grouping, or create a tree so that one grouping is designated as a main category and then one or more other categories are added as subgroups.
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To customize the display, click Customize.
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Select as many groupings as you want to create the grouping tree. Click OK to save your changes.
The resulting view is displayed in all other field rules until it is changed. If a field attribute is not assigned to a category, it appears under the category Unknown.
The field rule view is saved in the registry in the section HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > EagleSystems > Clients > EaglePACE > Settings > FieldsCtrlGroups. Category=Setting of 1, Indicator=Setting of 3, Database=Setting of 2 and Table=Setting of 4. This registry setting applies to the user.
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Source-Specific and Relation Fields
You can run single period position reports related to source-specific fields used with Relation fields. If a single security was held long on one source and short in a second source, the positions yield two separate holdings in the reports results.
Custom Sorting on Code Value Sets
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