Configuring Effectivity Ranges and Sequences Separators

You can define the separators used in effectivity ranges and sequences.

See Properties for Effectivity Ranges and Sequences Separators.

  1. Create or open the text file for customized properties. For more information, see Editing Properties Using MQL.
  2. To use a separator other than a comma for sequences, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxEffectivity.Default.SequenceSeparator = ,

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements.
  3. To define the range separator for the effectivity expression., follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxEffectivity.Default.RangeSeparator = -

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements.

  4. To define a date sequence separator for the effectivity expression, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxEffectivity.Date.SequenceSeparator = ,

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements.
  5. To define a date sequence separator for the effectivity expression, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxEffectivity.Date.RangeSeparator = -

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements.
  6. To define a custom range or sequence separator for a specific effectivity type, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxEffectivity.EFFTYPENAME.RangeSeparator = 
emxEffectivity.EFFTYPENAME.SequenceSeparator =

      where EFFTYPENAME is the custom effectivity type to be added.

    2. Enter values for these properties as required for the effectivity type.
  7. To change what Configuration and Effectivity Services displays as the infinity symbol, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxEffectivity.Display.Infinity = inf

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements.
  8. To what character sequence the user must type for "infinity" when keying in an effectivity expression, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxEffectivity.Keyin.Infinity = inf

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements.
      When the defined character sequence is typed in by the user, it is converted to the mathematical infinity character in the expression.
  9. When you are finished updating the text file with all properties that you want to modify, use the text file to modify the effectivity.properties page object. For more information, see Editing Properties Using MQL.