• System Administration > System Settings > Customer System Settings > Demographics Control Settings

You can use this field to specify a file in STORIS against which you want the system to validate the operator's response at the first demographic prompt. For example, if you are prompting for a marketing source (TV, newspaper, etc.), you can enter MARKETING.CODE in this field. The operator enters "TV" at the demographic prompt and the system verifies the operator's entry against the MARKETING.CODE file. If "TV" does not match, exactly, a record ID in the MARKETING.CODE file, a warning is issued and the response is rejected.

The file names you enter here are the same as the dictionary In the Report Builder, a data repository within a source file. Dictionaries contain data points such as sales order numbers or customer telephone numbers. names you use in the Report Builder Formerly called Query Wizard - STORIS feature used to create custom reports routines. To see a drop-down list of dictionaries, you can access the Maintain Report Dictionaries routine and click the arrow at the File Name field.

This field is optional. If you leave it blank, no validation occurs during demographic information entry. Any operator response can be entered, provided it adheres to the maximum length and data type restrictions you established in these control settings.

You can use this field to specify a file in STORIS against which you want the system to validate the operator's response at the second demographic prompt. For example, if you are prompting for a marketing source (TV, newspaper, etc.), you can enter MARKETING.CODE in this field. The operator enters "TV" at the demographic prompt and the system verifies the operator's entry against the MARKETING.CODE file. If "TV" does not match, exactly, a record ID in the MARKETING.CODE file, a warning is issued and the response is rejected.

The file names you enter here are the same as the dictionary names you use in the Report Builder routines. To see a drop-down list of dictionaries, you can access the Maintain Report Dictionaries routine and click the arrow at the File Name field.

Entry in this field is optional. If you leave the field blank, no validation occurs during demographic information entry. Any operator response can be entered, provided it adheres to the maximum length and data type restrictions you established in these control settings.         

You can use this field to specify a file in STORIS against which you want the system to validate the operator's response at the third demographic prompt. For example, if you are prompting for a marketing source (TV, newspaper, etc.), you can enter MARKETING.CODE in this field. The operator enters "TV" at the demographic prompt and the system verifies the operator's entry against the MARKETING.CODE file. If "TV" does not match, exactly, a record ID in the MARKETING.CODE file, a warning is issued and the response is rejected.

The file names you enter here are the same as the dictionary names you use in the Report Builder routines. To see a drop-down list of dictionaries, you can access the Maintain Report Dictionaries routine and click the arrow at the File Name field.

Entry in this field is optional. If you leave the field blank, no validation occurs during demographic information entry. Any operator response can be entered, provided it adheres to the maximum length and data type restrictions you established in these control settings.