Welcome to the learning unit - Abbreviations in T24.

In this learning unit, you will learn

the advantages and how to abbreviate your application names in T24.

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At the end of the session you will be able to,

1. Understand the need for Abbreviations in T24
2. Learn the use of the ABBREVIATION Application in T24
3. Create your own abbreviations and use them

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In general, Abbreviation is a short form of a long word or phrase. A T24 user would not
like to type in the full application name everyday to invoke some frequently used
application. It would be much easier for the user if an abbreviation exists for the
application. Abbreviations have been introduced in T24 to avoid using long T24
Application names , longer version names and to customise T24 commands for the
user

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Lets take a look at how to invoke an application from the command prompt. You type
in the application name at the command prompt, FUNDS.TRANSFER in this example
and the application is launched in a new window. Dont you think it would be easier to
type FT instead of FUNDS.TRANSFER to invoke the funds transfer application?

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In this illustration you see how to invoke a version for money market application. As a
first step, create a version for the application. The version is invoked by typing the
application name followed by a comma and the version name. The version is launched
in the new window. Again it much be much easier for the end user if the version is
abbreviated.

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ABBREVIATION application in T24 is used to create abbreviations for applications,

versions and enquiries. To create an abbreviation, say MM for Money Market
application, the ID for the abbreviation application is entered as MM. Lets take a look
at the fields in this application.
ID :The actual abbreviation can be any alphanumeric text.
ORIGINAL TEXT :The actual text that would have been entered in the command line.
It is a mandatory field.
This field contains the original Application, Function command or record ID for which
the abbreviation was created.

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To create an abbreviation for money market, enter the application name

MM.MONEY.MARKET in the field Original Text. Dont forget to commit and authorise
the record. MM is the abbreviation used for this application as indicated by the ID.

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Now lets learn how to invoke the application with the abbreviation you just created.
1. At the command prompt type MM to invoke the money market application.
2. The application is launched in a new window as illustrated.

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To create an abbreviation for a version MM.MONEY.MARKET,CALLDEP ,create an

abbreviation record with ID as the abbreviation you want to use, say MMCALLDEP.
Dont forget to commit and authorize the record.

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To invoke the version, type MMCALLDEP at the command prompt. This is the ID of
the abbreviation record.
This launches the version created for the money market application in a new window.

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How do you invoke an enquiry in T24? You type in ENQUIRY.SELECT followed by the
enquiry name. For easy use, an abbreviation record ENQ is created with the Original
Text set as ENQUIRY.SELECT. So you can use ENQ instead of typing
ENQUIRY.SELECT to invoke an enquiry.

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Now that you have created an abbreviation ENQ for an enquiry, lets launch the enquiry
for PROTOCOL application. At the command prompt type ENQ followed by the
enquiry, say %PROTOCOL in this example. This brings up the selection criteria box
for the enquiry in a new window as illustrated.

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1. ABBREVIATION is the application which is used to create abbreviations in T24

True / False
Answer: True
2. Abbreviations are also used to customise T24 commands - True / False
Answer: True
3. The id to the ABBREVIATION application is the application name itself- True / False
Answer: False

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1. Abbreviations are used to avoid long T24 Application names

2. Abbreviations are created using the application ABBREVIATION
3. Abbreviations can be created for versions and commands also

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In this learning unit, you have learnt the advantages and how to abbreviate your
application names in T24. You will now be able to,

1. Understand the need for Abbreviations in T24

2. Learn the use of the ABBREVIATION Application in T24
3. Create your own abbreviations and use them

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