Reports

In the Segment Definitions window click the 'File' menu and select 'Definition Reports' to open the EasyHL7 reports window.

HL7 Reports can be an incredibly valuable tool for you to use when creating or documenting your HL7 interfaces. They provide a quick and easy reference for the HL7 segment definitions and data types and (when combined with Annotations) can even be used to create your own comprehensive HL7 implementation guide.

	Select 'Segments' for segment reports or 'Miscellaneous' for HL7 datatype or other reports.
	In the tree select the segment / item for which you would like to see the report.
	Use this section to navigate / resize / print reports. You can also double click the report body with your left mouse button to enlarge or double click with your right mouse button to shrink.

This extract was taken directly from an EasyHL7 Vendor Definition Report

HL7 Segment: ACC-Accident segment

This segment has 6 HL7 Fields

# Description Len DataType Table #Comp

1 Accident Date/Time 26 TS 0 2

2 Accident Code 60 CE 50 6

3 Accident Location 25 ST 0 1

4 Auto Accident State 60 CE 347 6

5 Accident Job Related Indicator 1 ID 136 1

6 Accident Death Indicator 12 ID 136 1

ACC-Accident segment - Field Data Types

Type: CE - Coded element (6 components)

Category: Code Values

Component 1 [ST] identifier

Component 2 [ST] text

Component 3 [ST] name of coding system

Component 4 [ST] alternate identifier

Component 5 [ST] alternate text

Component 6 [ST] name of alternate coding system

Type: ID - Coded Values (1 component)

Category: Identifier

Component 1 [ST] Coded value for HL7 Tables

Type: ST - String (1 component)

Category: Alphanumeric

Component 1 [ST] string data

Type: TS - Time stamp (2 components)

Category: Date/Time

Instructions: 2.8.44 YYYY[MM[DD[HHMM[SS[.S[S[S[S]]]]]]]][+/-ZZZZ] ^ <degree of precision>

Component 1 [ST] Time stamp data

Component 2 [ST] degree of precision (optional)