Set Up Data Formats (Regional Profiles)

The Format tab of the Form Options window lists the regional profiles that have been applied to the form.

Add a Regional Profile to the List or Edit an Existing Entry

Click Add to add a regional profile to the list, or click Edit to modify an existing entry in the list.

In the Edit Regional Profile Mapping window, you can select an existing regional profile (from the Regional profile list). To create a new profile, you can click Add (see Create a Regional Profile below); the new regional profile will be added to the profile list in Lasernet Developer.

Add Criteria to a Regional Profile in the List

When you use the Edit Regional Profile Mapping window (to add a regional profile to the list or edit an existing assignment), you can use the Criteria tab to specify the scenario in which the form will use that regional profile. Doing this enables you to ensure that particular profiles are used only for specific jobs.

For example, you can add criteria that determine the locale of the incoming data (by reading a relevant JobInfo or reading a relevant value from the input data), compares that to a specific value (such as United Kingdom), and then (if those values match) selects a UK-appropriate regional profile.

Profile Order

You can click Move up and Move down to move the profile up or down the profile precedence list.

As part of adding a profile to this list, you can add criteria to each profile in the list, as described above. The first listed profile whose criteria are met will be used. However, if multiple regional profiles are assigned to the form and specific profile selection behavior is required, you might need to move profiles to specific list positions.

For example, a “fallback” regional profile that has no criteria (and will be used if none of the assigned regional profiles that have criteria are selected) would have to be last in the list.

Create a Regional Profile

As described above, as part of adding a regional profile to the list, you can create a new one. Or, in Lasernet Developer, you can navigate to the Profiles > Regional Profiles area, right-click in the main area, and then click Add. For more details, see Regional Profiles in the Lasernet Developer manual.

When you create a regional profile, you specify the format of numeric, currency, time, and date data.

Remove a Regional Profile from the List

To remove a regional profile from the list, select it and then click Remove.

This action does not delete the regional profile from the configuration. It only removes it from the list of regional profiles that are applied to this form.

Profile Precedence Across Rearranges, Forms, and the Lasernet Configuration

Regional profiles can be directly assigned to rearranges or assigned to forms. Also, the Lasernet configuration can specify a default regional profile. In general, a rearrange’s regional profile takes precedence over the form’s profile, and if neither of these locations selects a regional profile to use, the configuration’s default profile is used.

For more detailed information about profile precedence, see Regional Profiles.

If no regional profile is added on the Input format tab of a rearrange, a regional profile that is listed in the Form Options > Format window is used.

If the Form Options > Format > Regional Profiles table is empty, add a new regional profile to the list (if necessary, in order to correctly interpret incoming data).

Add a Regional Profile to the List or Edit an Existing Entry

Click Add to add a regional profile to the list, or click Edit to modify an existing entry.

In the Edit Regional Profile Mapping window, click Add to create a new regional profile.

You can define the general form properties for numbers, currency, time, and date.

Add Criteria to a Regional Profile in the List

When you use the Edit Regional Profile Mapping window, you can use the Criteria tab to specify the scenario in which the form will use that regional profile. Doing this enables you to ensure that particular profiles are used only for specific jobs. The first listed profile whose criteria are met will be used.

For example, you can add criteria that determine the locale of the incoming data (by reading a relevant JobInfo or reading a relevant value from the input data), compares that to a specific value (such as United Kingdom), and then (if those values match) selects a UK-appropriate regional profile.