SD1231 - Length of variables/valuelevel with float data type in define.xml

Hi,

The length for a value of 123.5 was assigned as 4 in our define.xml

The SignificantDigits was assigned as 1.

For the above case we get a P21 SD1231 Error as shown below.

We were able to eliminate the error by assigning  a length of 5 for the above case(123.5)

But, As per Define-XML-2-0-Specification, the definition of float variable is "The largest allowable whole number width plus the maximum number of decimal digits."

As per Define-XML-2-1-Specification_Draft, the business rule states that "if DataType=float, Length=N and SignificantDigits=S is a requirement that the receiving system be able to process and store all numeric values of magnitude less than 10^N-S that are multiples of 10-S." For example, if the value has a pattern xxx.xx, then Length=5 and S=2."

Can you provide clarity about how we should arrive at the value of Length and SignificantDigits (Ex for a value of 123.5)

PS: the define.xml input sheet generated using P21 assigns the length as 4, but the define.xml validator expects a length of 5.

Thank you for looking into this.

-Saravanan