Jobs Default Information Fields

The following field information is intended to assist those who design reports for Sage 50 using Crystal Reports.

Filename: GENERAL_JOBS.DAT

The GENERAL.DAT file contains default information about your Sage 50 company. It contains rows, but each row is very different in layout from the other rows. GENERAL_JOBS.DAT is the job defaults (Module 8) view of Sage 50's GENERAL.DAT file. Most of the field information for GENERAL_JOBS.DAT view is entered or displayed in Sage 50's Jobs Defaults window.

  • To add Sage 50 job default fields to your Crystal reports, select GENERAL_JOBS.DAT.

Note: GENERAL.DAT tables cannot be linked to other Sage 50 data tables, but they can be used individually to extract various default information in your Crystal reports.

Indexes and Their Uses

This file has two keys:

0 = ByModule

1 = By GUID

Fields

The following table shows the fields available in the GENERAL_JOBS.DAT file and includes the type and size in number of bytes of each field.

Field Name

Type

Size

Comment

AcctgModule

Integer

For job defaults, you must specify that Module == 8.

GUID

UBinary

GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) used for linking the General_JOBS table.

LastUpdateCounter

Integer

This increases incrementally when the record is changed.

GL_Filler

Binary

Do not select or use this field. It is used by Sage 50 for internal reasons.

PR_Filler

Binary

Do not select or use this field. It is used by Sage 50 for internal reasons.

W2_Filler

Binary

Do not select or use this field. It is used by Sage 50 for internal reasons.

AP_Filler

Binary

Do not select or use this field. It is used by Sage 50 for internal reasons.

AR_Filler

Binary

Do not select or use this field. It is used by Sage 50 for internal reasons.

CustomField_Label1 [1-5]

ZString

16

Text label for job custom fields.

Note: About Job Custom Fields: Labels for job custom fields are set up on the Custom Fields tab of the Job Defaults window.

To get the custom field names, you must use a custom formula. Tell me more about this.

CustomField_Enabled1 [1-5]

Integer

1

1=True, 0=False

PayRetainageAccnt

Integer

Tells the account number for the payables retainage account (Sage 50 Quantum Accounting).

RecRetainageAccnt

Integer

Tells the account number for the receivables retainage account (Sage 50 Quantum Accounting).

RetainagePercent

Float

The default retainage percent (Sage 50 Quantum Accounting).

LaborBurdenAccnt

Integer

Tells the account record number for the default labor burden account (Sage 50 Quantum Accounting).

AppLaborBurdenAccnt

Integer

Tells the account record number for the default applied labor burden account (Sage 50 Quantum Accounting).

LaborBurdenPercent

Float

The default labor burden percent (Sage 50 Quantum Accounting).

ARJobWarning

Logical

Indicator for warning on AR screens if rows do not contain jobs;

True=Warn

False=Don't warn

APJobWarning

Logical

Indicator for warning on AP screens if rows do not contain jobs;

True=Warn

False=Don't warn

Inv_Filler

Binary

Do not select or use this field. It is used by Sage 50 for internal reasons.