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Add/Update an Object from Natural or Predict

To control and manage an object from Natural or Predict (Natural programming object, Natural error message, Natural DDM, or Predict object), you use the Add/Update Elements action.

Important! When you enter information for the Add/Update Elements action, if you enter or select an object name that already exists, the action is rejected or the previous object is replaced with the one you are currently adding (based on the value in the UPDATE IF PRESENT option).

To add/update an object from Natural or Predict

  1. Access the CA Endevor Integration for the Natural Environment Main Menu.

    Note: For more information, see Start a User Session.

  2. Select either the Foreground or Batch processing option and press Enter.

    The Foreground Processing Menu or the Batch Processing Menu opens.

  3. Select an object type (Natural programming object, Error message text, DDM, or Predict object) and the add/update action type (A) and press Enter.

    The add/update interface (for the object type you selected) opens.

  4. Choose one of the following steps:
    1. To add/update objects from an Add/Update Selection list, set the Select List option to Y, enter the information for the action, and press Enter.

      The Add/Update Selection screen opens.

      • Enter X to the left of any object you want to add/update.
      • Enter Y to the left of any object that you want to rename. A dialog window opens showing the name of the object. You can enter a new name for the element. If you previously specified a value in the Element Name field on the Add/Update Natural Programming Objects panel, you can change that value in the dialog.
    2. To add/update objects without a selection list, set the Select List option to N, enter the information for the action, and press Enter.

      In both Foreground and Batch modes, an Action Confirmation window opens telling you how many objects have been selected for add/update. Press Enter to submit the add/update requests.

      Note: If you are adding an element for the first time, the comment becomes the element description in the Master Control File.

  5. In Foreground mode, CA Endevor Integration for the Natural Environment interfaces with CA Endevor SCM to add/update the selected objects.

    In Batch mode, press PF5 from the Batch Processing Menu to submit the requests for batch processing. The batch request is processed as follows:

    1. For each Natural and Predict object to be added, a batch Natural unload step is created that unloads the Natural or Predict object source to a temporary data set.
    2. A single CA Endevor SCM step processes all the SCL submitted. For the Add actions, the Natural or Predict element is read from the temporary data set specified in the From clause and source is added to CA Endevor SCM.

    Note: For more information about the specific steps CA Endevor SCM performs during an Add, see How Adding/Updating a Member from Natural or Predict Works.