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How Do I ... Add details to AP line

There may be times you wish to add details to the AP lines when it is added to the record card. The following `codes' can be added and the system will expand them when used:

Code	Details
&&	Animal Name
&$	Time
&%	Date
&!	Balance
&@	Age
&(	Remove what follows
&#	Sequential Number
##	Units
#	Multiplier
&=	Month recall is due
&mins	Time spent with animal

To give you some ideas here are some usage examples.

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&& Animal Name

The && will be replace with the animal name. This make the clinical records (and bills) a little more 'animal friendly' e.g.

 && post dental check
 Cremation of &&
 Fee to spay &&

&$ Time

The &$ will be replace with the time the transaction was entered. e.g.

 Blood Glucose as at (&$) # units 
 Blood Glucose # units as at &$
 Telephoned at &$ no answer

&@ Age

There may be times where you wish to see how old the animal was when a specific procedure took place e.g. 1st Vaccination. Rather then having to work back from the transaction date if you add &@ to the procedure description it will be translated into the age and included e.g.

       Vaccination 1st  (&@)   will appear as
       Vaccination 1st  (10w)  if the animal is 10 weeks old.
	   

Weight Lines - You can include the age of the animal at the time it was weighed by adding (&@) to your weight AP code.
Note: You MUST enclose the age in brackets () if you want the weight graphs to function correctly.

&# Sequential Number

In some cases you may wish to allocate a unique reference number on the clinical line. If you include &# in an Auto Pricing procedure line e.g.

Blood sample taken Ref: &# 

then the &# will be replaced by a sequential number.

&% Date

Similar to &$ (Time), the &% will insert the date on the clinical line.

Dental Chart (&%)

&! Balance

&! if used this will be replaced with the current balance and set the multiplier to the balance.

&( Remove what follows

The sequence '&(' which can be added to the AP line, all text following the &( will be removed when it is added to a record card e.g.

       Visit &(local)        = Visit
       Visit &(Far away      = Visit

This is so you can add comments to help users decide which item to select from the help screens.

##

This will take any multiplier, format it as a number with 2 decimal paces and insert it. e.g.

Donation Received ## 

Donation Received 12.04

This is mainly used for recording PDSA donations.

# Multiplier

The single '#' is similar to the above except no formatting is done. e.g.

Examine # pet[s]

Example 2 pets

&=

If &= appears in the Description AND you are setting a recall using ^2=xxx.{Number of weeks} then the &= will be translated to the month name for today + the number of weeks entered. e.g.

     Desc: Re-Examine in &=    Extras: ^2=240.{!See in how many weeks?.}

Will put Re-Examine in April on the record as well as setting a pseudo recall.

&mins

Auto price by time, if &mins appears in the automatic pricing text then this will be replace by the amount of time so far>/b> the client record has been displayed on the screen. e.g.

       Discussed && for &mins mins would appear as

       Discussed Fido for 10 mins