MEDITECH Reports

Stacking / Unstacking Prefixes

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$T Example - Stacking the Slash File:

ZCUS.SLASH,
; Instantiate/Open slash file.
O(/,"P"),
1^/SLASH,
; Instantiate new / file, while stacking the current one.
O(/S,"P"),
2^/SLASH,
; Close the current / file, while unstacking the previous / file.
C(/U),
; Check to see if / is open; X is equal to "P".
O(/)^X,
; Check the value of /SLASH, it will be 1
NN(/SLASH)^#,
N("")^#;

MEDITECH does not stack the /.. variables in the slash file with their Z.stack.slash which is used in their CDSs.

NPR Report Writer Solution from Michael Laban at ECHN:

1^/X,
%Z.stack.slash("N"),
2^/X,
%Z.stack.slash("U"),
%Z.ddc(" slash"),
END;

Elegant solution from Joe Cocuzzo at Iatric Systems:

You can also do C(/X) to exchange the current slash for the stacked slash file, then do C(/X) again to put things “back”. This is handy for the Non MEDITECH data source option in PCI when you need to know more than just a unit number (like the user mnemonic, account number selected etc).