The Field Lengths feature is used to redefine the lengths of many fields, only in the reports area of the system. The width of a report is determined by the combined width of its columns. Column width is determined by a field's length or its label, whichever is longer. (A field is the area where information is entered. A label names the field. For example, VC is the label for the Vendor Code field.)

To fit more columns on a report page, one can shorten the lengths of fields or labels. This permits a more economical presentation of results on the page.