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Menu Panel - Structure Maintenance Mode

When you select the CA Datacom/DB Structure Maintenance Mode, option 1 on the DATADICTIONARY Mode Select Panel, CA Datacom Datadictionary presents the menu panel displaying the CA Datacom/DB Model structures and substructures.

You can select a structure or substructure by entering the option number in the space indicated or by entering a command on a command line. You can skip the prompter panels for a function by entering the full command on the command line.

Note: If CA Ideal is not installed on your system, the OFF option appears in place of the CA Ideal option on the panel.

=> => => ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATACOM/DB Structure Maintenance P01M Enter desired option number ===> __ (There are 09 options on the menu) 1. DATABASE (BAS) Database structure maintenance 2. AREA (ARA) Area structure maintenance 3. TABLE (TBL) Table structure maintenance 4. KEY (KEY) Key structure maintenance 5. ELEMENT (ELM) Element structure maintenance 6. DATAVIEW (DVW) Dataview structure maintenance 7. SET MODE Reset DATADICTIONARY processing mode 8. IDEAL Transfer to IDEAL application 9. OFF End session

When you select a structure or substructure by typing the desired option number and pressing Enter, you receive a Structure Functions Menu for the structure or substructure listing the functions that you can request to perform.

=> => => -----------------------------------------------------------------------_------ DATACOM/DB Structure Maintenance DB Structure Functions P01M Enter desired option number ===> 1_ (There are 12 options on the menu) 1. CREATE (CRE BAS) Create a database structure 2. MODIFY (MOD BAS) Modify a database structure 3. DELETE (DEL BAS) Delete a database structure 4. VERIFY (VER BAS) Verify a database structure 5. SET (SET BAS) Set a database structure 6. COPY (COP BAS) Copy a database structure 7. RESTORE (RST BAS) Restore a database structure 8. DISABLE (DISAB BAS) Disable a database structure 9. ENABLE (ENAB BAS) Enable a database structure 10. DISPLAY (DIS BAS) Display a database structure 11. CATALOG (CAT BAS) Catalog a database structure 12. OBSOLETE (OBS BAS) Obsolete a database structure

When you type the option number of the selected function in the indicated space after "Enter desired option number" and press Enter, you obtain the prompter panel for the function. Use the prompter panel to insert the required keywords and as many of the optional keywords as necessary to complete the command.