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Tips & Tricks: Key MEDITECH NPR variables

'@' VARIABLES

@.variable	Direct Variable	Description
@.appl	/.APPL	application name
@.country	/.CNTRY	MIS country: USA, CANADA, etc
@.db	/.DB	application database
@.device	/.DEV	user's internal terminal name
@.dir	/.DIR	current directory
@.facility	/.FAC	current facility
@.job	/.JOB	job number of process
@.logical device	/.LOC	user's external terminal name
@.lookup	/.LK	number of entries to display when doing a lookup
@.menu.arg	/.MENU.ARG	used by menus to pass arguments
@.mis	/.MIS	MIS database
@.mri.pfx	/.MPX	medical records prefix
@.now	%Z.time.out(S(0))	current time (HHMM)
@.on.device	/.PRT	"ON DEVICE" prompt's last response
@.today	/.DAT	current date (YYYYMMDD)
@.user	/.USR	user's mnemonic

REPORT 'RUN-TIME' VARIABLES

Variables	Description
/.LL	lines left on page (before new page is written)
/R.CPI	characters per inch (defined on page one of Enter/Edit Report)
/R.CPL	characters per line (defined on page one of Enter/Edit Report)
/R.DATE	date the report began running
/R.FOUND	will be '1' if a valid record was found
/R.FRAGMENT	will be '1' if this is a report fragment
/R.HOSP	application database report title (defined in the MIS Toolbox)
/R.LIMIT	record limit (Z.record.limit)
/R.LPI	lines per inch (defined on page one of Enter/Edit Report)
/R.NEW.PAGE.PGM	name of the new page program associated with the report
/R.PAGE.NUM	current page number
/R.PS	page size (defined on page one of the Enter/Edit Report).
/R.TIME	time the report began running
/R.TITLE	report title (found on page one of the Enter/Edit Report)
/RW.URN	report name
/temp	temporary sort array (used when you change the sort fields)

SPECIAL 'Z' VARIABLES

Z.variable	Description
Z.count	produces a count of the number of detail records selected (use in TKn and/or TR regions)
Z.record.limit	used as a select field to limit the amount of records selected before the report prints
Z.spool	spool file number (VAL=@Z.spool)