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Using the Online Work Queue

The online work queue is a temporary set of entity-occurrences and functions for additional processing. You establish the work queue by entering margin commands on the Profile Index panel.

For example, on the following Profile Index panel, the CAT (CATALOG PROFILE) margin command places the profile in the online work queue to catalog the profile to the CA Datacom Datadictionary High-Speed Directory (HSD). The DDF (DISPLAY PROFILE DEFINITION) margin command places the profile in the work queue to display profile definitions.

 =>  =>  =>  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------  DATADICTIONARY Security Maintenance                                                                            T47D          Profile Index  ====== ========================== T O P ======================================  000001 $DD-ADM  000002 $DD-COP  000003 $DD-DIS  CAT004 $DD-PROGRAMMER  000005 $DD-SEC-ADM  DDF006 $DD-UPD  ====== ======================= B O T T O M ===================================  PF1=HELP  PF2=END  PF3=CLARIFY  PF4=PROCESS  PF5=MENU   PF6=STATUS  PF7=SCB   PF8=SCF  PF9=APPLY    PF10=PATH    PF11=NEXT  PF12=INPUT

Building a Work Queue

To place an entity-occurrence on the work queue, type a margin command in the line number for that entity-occurrence and press Enter. You can enter multiple margin commands on one or more panels. As your margin commands are processed, each entity-occurrence and function is added to the queue in logical sequence. The queue can contain entity-occurrences of any entity-type.

The work queue is available only for the duration of a session. The queue is not retained if you do not process all the entity-occurrences in the queue before the session is terminated. Rebuild the queue when you sign on if you want to process those entity-occurrences that were not processed in the previous session.

Margin Commands

The following margin commands can be entered on the Profile Index Display panel to perform the function listed against the entity-occurrence on that line. You can use the following margin commands for all entity-types. You can obtain a list of these commands by entering the MARGIN command on any panel.

Use the following margin commands to place maintenance functions in the online work queue:

Margin Command

Equivalent Command

CAT

CATALOG

DEL or DLT

DELETE PROFILE

UPD

UPDATE PROFILE

The following margin commands place specific display functions in the work queue:

Margin Command

Equivalent Command

DDF

DISPLAY DEFINITION PROFILE

DUS

DISPLAY USAGE PROFILE

Executing the Work Queue

You retrieve an entity-occurrence from the queue by entering the PROCESS command or pressing PF4. When an entity-occurrence is retrieved from the queue, it becomes the anchored entity-occurrence and is displayed on the processing panel for the requested function. The entity-occurrence remains anchored until you enter the END, PROCESS, OFF, or OFFON commands.

If you add more entity-occurrences to the work queue during processing of your original set, the new entity-occurrences are added to the top of the queue and are processed first. When you complete processing of the second set of entity-occurrences, processing of entity-occurrences remaining in the original set resumes. When no more entity-occurrences exist in the queue, a message is displayed.