General Information - BOX Record 01: (Required) No.: Start: End: Length: Type: Required: Variable Label: 1 1 2 2 N YES BOX Record Type Number (01) 2 3 8 6 N YES BOX Version Number 3 9 11 3 N YES BOX Type 4 12 14 3 N YES Number of Data Record Types 5 15 34 20 C NO Data File / Data Collection Name 6 35 134 100 C NO Data File / Data Collection Definition / Label 7 135 154 20 C NO Naming Convertion Compatiblility Type Record Type / Data Set Definition - BOX Record 02: (Required) No.: Start: End: Length: Type: Required: Variable Label: 1 1 2 2 N YES BOX Record Type Number (02) 2 3 5 3 N YES Data Record Type Number 3 6 25 20 C YES Data Record Name 4 26 39 14 N NO Data Record Length (fixed, in characters) 5 40 53 14 N NO Number of Data Records (This Type) in Source 6 54 67 14 N YES Number of Data Records (This Type) in this BOX 7 68 83 16 D NO Creation Date of Source Data 8 84 99 16 D NO Date of Last Source Data Modification 9 100 109 10 N NO Number of Index Variables 10 110 129 20 C NO Engine / Name of Source Software Application 11 130 229 100 C NO Data Record Label / Definition Data Field Definition - BOX Record 03: (Required) No.: Start: End: Length: Type: Required: Variable Label: 1 1 2 2 N YES BOX Record Type Number (03) 2 3 5 3 N YES Data Record Type Number 3 6 11 6 N YES Variable Number 4 12 31 20 C YES Variable Name 5 32 51 20 C NO Variable Alias / Nick-Name 6 52 52 1 C YES Type of Variable (Character / Numeric) 7 53 58 6 N YES Starting Character Position of Variable's Field in Data Record 8 59 62 4 N YES Length of Variable's Field in Characters 9 63 64 2 N YES Number of Decimal Places (for Numeric Variables) 10 65 84 20 C NO Data Variable Format Name (as Defined by SAS or by BOX Info.) 11 85 85 1 C NO Special Variable (L=Used for Linking Record Types) 12 86 86 1 C NO Special Numeric Variable (N=True Numeric, W=True Numeric Weight) 13 87 87 1 C NO Index Variable (I=index) 14 88 187 100 C NO Variable Label / Definition Data Field Category Definition - BOX Record 04: (Not Required) No.: Start: End: Length: Type: Required: Variable Label: 1 1 2 2 N YES if present BOX Record Type Number (04) 2 3 5 3 N YES if present Data Record Type Number 3 6 25 20 C YES if present Format Name 4 26 45 20 C YES if present Starting Value for the Format 5 46 65 20 C YES if present Ending Value for the Format 6 66 165 100 C YES if present Label / Definition for Format Category Range 7 166 168 3 N NO Minimum width of Format Label in Characters 8 169 171 3 N NO Maximum width of Format Label in Characters 9 172 174 3 N NO Default width of Format Label in Characters 10 175 190 16 N NO Fuzz or Rage Value for Format Value 11 191 192 2 C NO Prefix Character(s) for Data Value 12 193 204 12 N NO Output Multiplication Value 13 205 205 1 C NO Fill Character Preceding Data Value 14 206 208 3 C NO No Edit Indicator (show actual data value Y=yes, N=no) 15 209 209 1 C NO Format Type (C=Character,N=Numeric,P=Picture,I=Numeric Input Format,J=Character Input Format) 16 210 210 1 C NO Starting Exclusion Value 17 211 211 1 C NO Ending Exclusion Value 18 212 214 3 C NO High / Low / Other Indicator (H/L/O) Data - BOX Record 99: (Required) No.: Start: End: Length: Type: Required: Variable Label: 1 1 2 2 N YES BOX Record Type Number (99) 2 3 5 3 N YES Data Record Type Number 3 6 ? ? ? YES Data Records as Defined by Definition Records Comments - BOX Record 00: (Not Required) No.: Start: End: Length: Type: Required: Variable Label: 1 1 2 2 N YES if present BOX Record Type Number (00) 2 3 134 132 C NO Free Form Text Comments