Tag Names in Variable Format Files

In a variable format file, each record in the output file has a tag which indicates the record type. In Write To Variable Format File, the field name is used as the tag name in the output file. For example, consider these fields:

These fields would be written to the file as follows. Note that in this example the account has two AccountTransaction records.

AccountOwner         Anne,Johnson,F,1202 Lake St,555-222-4932
AccountDetails       CHK238193875,1/21/2001,4/12/2012,CHK
AccountTransaction   1000232,3/5/2012,Blue Goose Grocery,132.11
AccountTransaction   1000232,3/8/2012,Trailway Bikes,540.00

Note: Only list fields containing simple fields such as strings are written to the output file. If a list field consists only of other list fields it is not written to the output file. In the above example, no record with an AccountActivity tag would be written to the output file because AccountActivity consists only of other list fields (AccountOwner, AccountDetails, and AccountTransaction).