Margin Commands

You can enter margin commands in the line number area of specific panels to perform a function on the occurrence that appears on that line. These panels include: Index Display panels, Field Summary panels, and Structure Display panels.

Margin Commands for Display Functions

Margin Command	Equivalent Command
DAL	DISPLAY ALIAS
DAT	DISPLAY ATTRIBUTE
DCB	DISPLAY COPYBOOK
DCS	DISPLAY CONDENSED STRUCTURE
DDF	DISPLAY DEFINITION PROFILE
DDS	DISPLAY DESCRIPTOR
DFD	DISPLAY FIELDS
DFS	DISPLAY FULL STRUCTURE
DIS	DISPLAY (same as DCS in DBMAINT Mode and DAT in ENTMAINT Mode)
DTX	DISPLAY TEXT
DUS	DISPLAY USAGE PROFILE

Margin Commands for Maintenance Functions

Margin Command	Equivalent Command
ALI or ALS	UPDATE ALIAS
ATT	UPDATE ATTRIBUTE
CAT	CATALOG
COP or CPY	COPY
DEF	DEFINE
DEL or REM	DELETE
DES or DSC	UPDATE DESCRIPTOR
DLT	DELETE PROFILE
DSB	DISABLE
EDT	EDIT (Interactive SQL Service Facility only)
ENA	ENABLE
LCK or LOC	UPDATE LOCK
MDK	MODIFY DATAVIEW ACCESSING KEYS
MDL	MODEL
MDY or MOD	MODIFY
NAM or NME	UPDATE NAME
PAS or PSW	UPDATE PASSWORD
PTN	PARTITION TABLE
REL or RLT	UPDATE RELATIONSHIP
SET	SET DATABASE
STA	UPDATE STATUS
TEX or TXT	UPDATE TEXT
TRA, TRN, or XFR	TRANSFER
UPD	UPDATE PROFILE
VER	VERIFY

Margin Commands on Index Display Panels

Margin Command	Entity-Types
ALI or ALS	All
ATT	All
CAT	DATABASE
COP or CPY	All except FIELD, KEY, and ELEMENT
DAL	All
DAT	All
DCB	TABLE, RECORD, KEY, ELEMENT, and VIEW
DCS	DATABASE, AREA, TABLE, KEY, ELEMENT, DATAVIEW, FILE, and RECORD
DDF	N/A
DDS	All
DEF	TABLE, RECORD, KEY, and ELEMENT
DEL or REM	All except FIELD
DES or DSC	All
DFD	TABLE, RECORD, KEY, ELEMENT, and VIEW
DFS	DATABASE, AREA, TABLE, KEY, ELEMENT, DATAVIEW, FILE, and RECORD
DIS	All
DLT	N/A
DSB	DATABASE, AREA, TABLE, KEY, ELEMENT, DATAVIEW, FILE, and RECORD
DTX	All
DUS	N/A
EDT	N/A
ENA	DATABASE, AREA, TABLE, FIELD, KEY, ELEMENT, DATAVIEW, FILE, and RECORD
LCK or LOC	All
MDK	DATAVIEW
MDL	All except DATABASE, AREA, TABLE, FIELD, KEY, ELEMENT, DATAVIEW, FILE, and RECORD
MDY or MOD	DATABASE, AREA, TABLE, KEY, ELEMENT, DATAVIEW, FILE, and RECORD
NAM or NME	All
PAS or PSW	All
PTN	TABLE
REL or RLT	All
SET	DATABASE
STA	All except DATABASE, AREA, TABLE, FIELD, KEY, ELEMENT, DATAVIEW, FILE, and RECORD
TEX or TXT	All
TRA, TRN, or XFR	AREA, TABLE, and RECORD
UPD	N/A
VER	DATABASE

Margin Commands on Field Summary Display Panels

Margin Command	Entity-Types
ALI or ALS	All
ATT	All
CAT	N/A
COP or CPY	N/A
DAL	All
DAT	All
DCB	All except FIELD
DCS	All except FIELD
DDF	N/A
DDS	All
DEF	TABLE, RECORD, KEY, and ELEMENT
DEL or REM	All except FIELD
DES or DSC	All
DFD	All except FIELD
DFS	All except FIELD
DIS	N/A
DLT	N/A
DSB	All
DTX	All
DUS	N/A
EDT	N/A
ENA	All
LCK or LOC	All
MDK	N/A
MDL	N/A
MDY or MOD	N/A
NAM or NME	N/A
PAS or PSW	All
REL or RLT	All
SET	N/A
STA	N/A
TEX or TXT	All
TRA, TRN, or XFR	TABLE and RECORD
UPD	N/A
VER	N/A

Margin Commands on Structure Display Panels

You can use all margin commands for all entity-types on Structure Display panels, except the DDF, DLT, DUS, and UPD commands. These margin commands are not available for use on these panels.