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Using Command Processing

You can use the CA Datacom Datadictionary commands to perform the following functions:

• Call various panels bypassing the set of menus and prompter panels
• Scroll through a display
• Manipulate data
• Process updates

The abbreviated command syntax for the menu options is displayed on the panels so you can learn the commands easily. The full and abbreviated command syntax for functions performed by the prompter panels are displayed on those panels. You can skip the prompter panel by entering these commands. However, if the complete command is longer than the 76 spaces available in a command line, use the prompter panel. A command cannot be continued to another line.

To issue commands to CA Datacom Datadictionary, enter the command in the command region at the top of the panel and press Enter. The commands documented here are valid in the AUTHORIZE processing mode.

Note: For more information and a description of CA Datacom Datadictionary command processing in other modes, see the CA Datacom Datadictionary Online Reference Guide.

Except where noted, you can enter more than one command on a panel as shown in the following examples. You can change the number of command lines displayed with the SET CMD LIN command.

Note: For more information about setting session defaults, see ADD PROFILE and the CA Datacom Datadictionary Online Reference Guide.

• You can type each command on a separate line.

   ==> apply
   ==> end
   ==>
  

• Or, you can type several commands on the same line and separate them with a semicolon (;), the default delimiter. (For more information about changing the delimiter with the SET CMD DLM command, see the CA Datacom Datadictionary User Guide.)

   ==> apply;end
   ==>
   ==>
  

When you enter only a part of a command, CA Datacom Datadictionary presents the prompter panel or menu for that function with the information you have filled in on the panel. For example, if you enter the incomplete command, ADD PROFILE, in the command area of the DATACOM/DD Security Maintenance Menu, CA Datacom Datadictionary presents the following prompter panel for you to complete the required information.

 =>
 =>
 =>

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DATADICTIONARY Security Maintenance
                                                                         T40F
 ADD      PROFILE    ________________________________
 ADD      PROF       (name)

Remember that on a prompter panel, you must do the following:

• Supply all required entries.
• Supply any desired optional entries.
• Press Enter or PF9 (APPLY) to continue processing.