Blanking whole segment than pass over what is needed

[Yamil Velez]

Hi All

    I have a PID segment where I just need the MR#, Name, Account Number.  I null all the rest of the fields that I do not need but I was just wondering if there is a easier way of doing this.   I need them to stay in the same position on the segment.

Thanks

Yamil

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[Tom Rioux]

Yamil,

One way of doing this is to place a pathcopy in your xlate to copy @null to your PID.   Then, follow that up with your 3 copy commands to copy your fields:

Pathcopy @null —> PID

Copy  MRN —> PID

Copy  Name—> PID

Copy Acct # —> PID

Hope this helps…Tom

[Yamil Velez]

Hi Thomas

Thank you for the help it work

[Jim Kosloskey]

Yamil,

Assuming no BULKCOPY or PATHCOPY are in use just COPY the fields you want. The ones you do not COPY won’t get any values.

If you have a PATHCOPY for the segment and no BULKCOPY, just remove the PATHCOPY and only your COPYs will be effective.

email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 29+ years Cloverleaf, 59 years IT - old fart.

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