diff --git a/app_common/__init__.py b/app_common/__init__.py
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+++ b/app_common/__init__.py
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+# import ldap
+# from flask import current_app
+# from flask_login import current_user, LoginManager
+#
+# login_manager = LoginManager()
+#
+#
+# def make_ldap_connection():
+#     ldap_connection = ldap.initialize('ldap://ldap.quarter.int')
+#     ldap_connection.protocol_version = 3
+#     ldap_connection.set_option(ldap.OPT_REFERRALS, 0)
+#     return ldap_connection
+#
+#
+# def close_ldap_connection(connection):
+#     connection.unbind_s()
+#
+#
+# def search_users():
+#     ldap_connection = make_ldap_connection()
+#     try:
+#         raw_users = ldap_connection.search_s(current_app.config['LDAP_BASE_DN'], ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE, '(objectClass=posixAccount)')
+#         return [current_user.from_raw_ldap(u) for u in raw_users]
+#     except Exception as ex:
+#         current_app.logger.error(str(ex))
+#     finally:
+#         close_ldap_connection(ldap_connection)
+#
+#
+# def parse_user_dn(user_dn):
+#     group = user_dn.split(',')
+#     result = {}
+#     for g in group:
+#         split = g.split('=')
+#         result[split[0]] = split[1]
+#     return result
diff --git a/app_common/fields.py b/app_common/fields.py
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+++ b/app_common/fields.py
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+from wtforms.fields import DecimalField
+from wtforms.validators import Regexp
+
+
+class PercentageField(DecimalField):
+    def __init__(self, label=None, validators=None, **kwargs):
+        # if not validators:
+        #     validators = [Regexp('[0-9\.]+[0-9]*%')]
+
+        super(PercentageField, self).__init__(label, validators=validators, **kwargs)
+
+    def _value(self):
+        super(PercentageField, self)._value()
+        val = f'{self.data*100.0}%'
+        # val = float(val)
+        return val
+
+    def process_formdata(self, valuelist):
+        if not valuelist:
+            return self.default
+        raw_data = valuelist[0]
+        val = raw_data.replace('%', '')
+        val = float(val)
+        return val/100.0
+
+
+class DollarAmountField(DecimalField):
+    def __init__(self, label=None, validators=None, **kwargs):
+        super(DecimalField, self).__init__(label, validators=validators, **kwargs)
+
+    def _value(self):
+        val = f'${self.data:.2f}'
+        return val
+
+    def process_formdata(self, valuelist):
+        if not valuelist:
+            return self.default
+        raw_data = valuelist[0]
+        val = raw_data.replace('$', '')
+        val = float(val)
+        return val