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Plan your layout
What is layout
A layout consists of a combination of fields in a record and the characteristics of
those fields. Fields are the components that make up your record.
For example, your record may contain a name, which can be broken down into
first name, middle name, and last name fields.
What fields should
you use
Choosing the right fields for your layout is important. You should include in your
layout all fields that you might need, even if you don’t need them right away or
only need them for a few records. However, choosing a layout with unnecessary
fields or fields larger than necessary wastes disk space and slows performance.
Ask yourself what kind of information you’ll want to keep track of. What data
will you want to maintain for each or most records What data will you add
through processing
After you establish a list of fields, compare them to the default list of fields. You
can add or subtract fields from the default layout to match the fields you have
selected. You can also create your own fields to match special fields you may
have.
See “The default layout” on page 33 and “Fields” on page 309.
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