Files > ITEM

parent

8925.1

name

ITEM

number

8925.14

Fields

#	Name	Location	Type	Details	Index	Description
.01	item	0;1	POINTER	8925.1	B	Items are themselves Document Definitions. The Type of the parent entry determines what Types of items it has. A parent entry of type Class has items of type Class or Document Class. A Document Class entry has items of type Title. If a Title entry has more than a single section, it has items of type Component. Components may also be multi-section with items of type Component. Objects do not have items.
2	mnemonic	0;2	FREE TEXT			Item Mnemonic is a handle by which to select Classes/Document Classes from a menu. 1-4 characters long. Mnemonic is usually numeric with the same value as the Sequence. Alpha mnemonics are permitted if preferred.
3	sequence	0;3	NUMERIC		AC	Item Sequence, if entered, determines item's order under its parent. If items have no sequence, item order is alphabetic by item Menu Text. Sequence must be between .01 and 999.
4	menu text(+)	0;4	FREE TEXT			Item Menu Text is the short name users will see for Classes and Document Classes when selecting them from 3-COLUMN MENUS. Document Definitions are selected from 3-column menus when viewing documents across many patients and when viewing many kinds of documents at the same time (e.g. Progress Notes and Discharge Summaries). To edit the Menu Text of a Document Definition, you must be viewing the Document Definition as an ITEM of its PARENT. Select 'Detailed Display' for the PARENT and then 'Items'. Menu Text has 1 - 20 characters. Menu Text must not begin with a space or with 'All'. The Document Definition Utility TIUF automatically sets the Item Menu Text to the first 20 characters of the Item's Name when an entry is first added as an item. (If an entry's Name begins with 'All' its Menu Text is given 'AlX' as its first 3 characters.) The utility does NOT update Menu Text if the entry Name is later changed, since this would overwrite what a site may have carefully set up. Menu Text is required. Menu Text can affect item order under a parent since order is alphabetic by menu text if items do not have sequence numbers.