Symbol Technologies SPT 1700 - Manual (Page 376)

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SPT 1700 Series Product Reference Guide
Each Expense item stored in your SPT 1700 terminal represents a group of related data.
The following data can be associated with an expense item:
• Category
• Payment Currency
• Date
• Vendor
• Expense Type
• City
• Amount
• Attendees
• Payment Method
• Note.
When you perform a HotSync operation between your SPT 1700 terminal and the Symbol
Palm Terminal Desktop on your computer, the Expense data is stored on your computer in
the Expense.txt file. When you open the Expense application in Symbol Palm Terminal
Desktop, an Excel macro populates an expense template with your data based on the rules
specified in a spreadsheet file named Maptable.xls.
The Maptable.xls file is an editable spreadsheet that functions as a “mapping table”, which
guides the Excel macro in extracting the Expense data. The mapping table tells the Excel
macro how large the spreadsheet is and provides the data-cell layout of the Excel template
used for the Expense Report.
Customizing Existing Sample Templates
Four sample Expense Report templates have been provided and are stored in the
Templates folder (which is in the same folder as the Symbol Palm Terminal Desktop
application).
If the layout of one (or more) of these templates is appropriate for your reporting needs, you
can easily customize the templates with your company name and other information.
To customize a sample Expense Report template:
1. Make a backup copy of the contents of the Templates folder.
2. Open the sample template you want to modify to open it in Microsoft Excel.
3. Make the changes you require.