Benford analysis

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Select Analyze > Perform Benford Analysis.

On the Main tab, do one of the following:
Select the field to analyze from the Benford On drop-down list.

Click Benford On to select the field, or to create an expression.

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Enter the Number of Leading Digits, between 1 and 6, that you want
to analyze.
If there are records in the current view that you want to exclude from
processing, enter a condition in the If text box, or click Ifto create an
IF statement using the Expression Builder.The IF statement
considers all records in the view and filters out those that do not meet
the specified condition.
If you want to display counts that are significantly outside
expectations, select Include Upper and Lower Bounds.Bounds are
calculated based on the number of records in the data set and the
number of digit combinations that are being analyzed. When more
than one actual count falls outside the bounds, this suggests a nonrandom variation and should be investigated.
Click the Output tab.
Select the appropriate output option in the To panel : SCREEN
If you selected File as the output type, specify the following
information in the As panel:
File Type ACL Table is the only option. Saves the results to a
new ACL table, or appends the results to an existing ACLtable.

Name Enter a table name in the Name text box. Or click Name and
enter the table name, or select an existing table in the Save or Save
File As dialog box to overwrite or append to the table. If ACL prefills
a table name, you can accept the prefilled name, or change it.You
can also specify an absolute or relative file path, or navigate to a
different folder, to save or append the table in a location other than
the project location. For
example: C:\Results\Output.fil or Results\Output.fil.

Local Only enabled when connected to a server table.

Select Local to save the output table to the same location as the

project, or to specify a path or navigate to a different local folder.

Leave Local deselected to save the output table to the Prefix folder
on the ACL server.NoteFor output results produced from analysis or
processing of AX Core server tables, select Local. You cannot use
the Local setting to import results tables to AX Core.
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Depending on the output type, you can optionally specify

a Header and/or a Footer in the text box(es).Headers and footers are
centered by default. Type a left angle bracket (<) before the header or
footer text to left align the text. Click Header or Footer to enter a
header or footer of more than one line. Alternatively, you can enter a
semi-colon (;) as a line-break character in the header or footer text
box. Left aligning multiple lines requires a left angle bracket at the
beginning of each line.
Click the More tab.
Select the appropriate option in the Scope panel.
All This option is selected by default. Leave it selected to specify
that all records in the view will be processed.

First Select this option and enter a number in the text box to start
processing at the first record in the view and include only the
specified number of records.

Next Select this option and enter a number in the text box to start
processing at the currently selected record in the view and include
only the specified number of records. The actual record number in the
leftmost column must be selected, not data in the row.

While Select this option to use a WHILE statement to limit the

processing of records in the view based on a particular criterion or set
of criteria. You can enter a condition in the While text box, or
click While to create a WHILE statement using the Expression
Builder.A WHILE statement allows records in the view to be
processed only while the specified condition evaluates to true. As
soon as the condition evaluates to false, the processing terminates,
and no further records are considered. You can use the While option
in conjunction with the All, First, or Next options.
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NoteThe number of records specified in the First or Next options

references either the physical or the indexed order of records in a
table, and disregards any filtering or quick sorting applied to the view.
However, results of analytical operations respect any filtering.If a view
is quick sorted, Next behaves like First.

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If you selected File (ACL Table) as the output type, select or

deselect Use Output Table depending on whether or not you want
the ACL table containing the output results to open automatically
upon completion of the operation.
If you selected File as the output type, and want to append the output
results to the end of an existing ACL table, do one of the following:
Select Append To Existing File if you know the output results and
the existing table are identical in structure.
Leave Append To Existing File deselected if you want ACL to
determine whether the output results and the existing table are
identical in structure.

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Leaving Append To Existing File deselected is recommended if you

are uncertain about the data structure. For more information about
appending and data structure, see Appending to ACL tables and text
files.

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Click OK.
If the overwrite prompt appears, select the appropriate option.