Activity Selection Screen

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Activity Selection Screen—ASEL

Description

The Activity Selection screen presents the activities and tables available to you during an ASF session. The Activity Selection screen enables you to perform the following functions:

Select an activity
Name a new table to be defined
Select an existing table to which you have access
Browse the table directory

Access

You can access the Activity Selection screen in one of the following ways:

Sign on successfully to ASF. If your DC/UCF signon is sufficient to access the ASF system, the Activity Selection screen is displayed immediately. Otherwise, you must sign on to ASF using the Signon screen discussed previously. The Activity Selection screen is displayed automatically when your signon is accepted.
Press [PA1] from any other ASF screen.
Enter ASEL in the screen name field of another ASF screen.

You can leave the Activity Selection screen and end the ASF session by pressing [Clear]; this returns you to DC/UCF.

Sample Screen

CA ASEL CA - Automatic System Facility ** Activity Selection ** DC560122 SIGNON COMPLETED, SELECT A TABLE User Name: SNELL _ PF1 - Help _ PF5 - Select Data _ PF13 - Query _ PF2 - Define Table _ PF7 - Page Backward _ PF14 - Signon _ PF3 - Load Data _ PF8 - Page Forward _ PA1 - Prior Level _ PF4 - Display/Change Data _ PF9 - Passkey _ CLEAR - Leave ASF _ PF15 - Administrator Table Name.: Table Owner: SNELL Page: 1 of 1 _ APPLICANT _ EMPLOYEES _ JOB _ JOBS AND APPLICANTS

Fields

User Name

Displays the name of the user currently signed on.

[PF1] - Help

Invokes the Help screen.

[PF2] - Define Table

Invokes the Table Definition screen, which enables you to define a new table or to modify or delete an existing table.

[PF3] - Load Data

Invokes the Data Display screen for an existing table, which enables you to load data to be stored in the table.

[PF4] - Display/Change Data

Invokes the Data Display screen for an existing table, which enables you to display, change, delete, and load data.

[PF5] - Select Data

Invokes the Data Selection screen for a generated table, which enables you to select data for display by specifying selection criteria.

[PF7] - Page Backward

Causes the previous page of directory listings to be redisplayed. The table directory is in the lower portion of the screen.

[PF8] - Page Forward

Causes the next page of directory listings to be displayed. The table directory is in the lower portion of the screen.

Note: [PF7] and [PF8] are global PF-keys and can be used on any ASF screen that has paging.

[PF9] - Passkey

Invokes the Passkey Function screen, which enables you to select passkey activities.

[PF13] - Query

Invokes OnLine Query, which enables you to display a generated table in row and column format. This function applies only if OnLine Query is installed at your site.

[PF14] - Signon

Invokes the Signon screen, which enables you to sign on to ASF as a different user or to sign on to a different catalog.

[PA1] - Prior Level

Displays the previous level of directory listings.

[Clear] - Leave ASF

Returns you to DC/UCF and ends the ASF session. You must return to the Activity Selection screen and press [Clear] to end an ASF session.

[PF15] - Administrator

Appears only when the user has administrative authority; invokes the Administrator Control screen.

Table Name

Displays the name of the table currently in use in the ASF session. At first signon, this field is blank until a table is accessed. To access a table, enter the name of a new or existing table, as described below.

Table Owner

Displays the user ID of the table owner. By default, this is the user ID of the signed-on user. You can replace the contents of this field with another user ID, as described below, to list or use tables owned by others.

Page: ___ of ___

Displays the current page number and the total number of pages in the table directory. You can move to a particular page by specifying its page number, page forward by using [PF8], and page backward by using [PF7].

Table Directory

The Table directory lists the tables available for your use. At first signon, the tables listed are those owned by the user currently signed on to ASF. If a different table owner is specified in the Table Owner field and you have a BROWSE passkey for the owner name, the tables owned by that user are listed. To access a table, type any character in the response field next to the table name.

Note: In CA-ICMS installations, the table directory can also include folders, which are indicated in the table directory by three trailing periods (...). To list the contents of a folder, select the folder from the table directory and press [Enter]. The folder name displays in the Table Name field and the tables contained in the folder are listed in the table directory.

Special Considerations

Use the table directory, the Table Name field, and the Table Owner field to list and select tables, as follows:

To develop a new table in this ASF session, enter the name of the new table in the Table Name field. Table names can contain 1 to 32 characters. Any character is valid, except a period (.), underscore (_), accent grave (&grave.), and backslash (\). A cent sign (&cent.) is allowed, but not recommended. Table names can include embedded spaces, but cannot begin with a space. A table name cannot be the same as the owner name.
To process an existing table that you own, enter the name of the table in the Table Name field or select the table from the table directory.
To list the directory of another user, enter the owner's name in the Table Owner field. The Table Name field must be blank. Note that you must have a BROWSE passkey for the owner name in order to list the directory.
To process an existing table owned by another user, select the table from the user's directory or enter the table name in the Table Name field and the owner's name in the Table Owner field. Note that you must have the appropriate passkeys in order to access the table.
To list the contents of a folder, select the folder from the directory or enter the folder name in the Table Name field. Folders are indicated in the table directory by three trailing periods (...). (Do not enter the periods after the folder name.) Press [Enter] to list the tables contained in the folder. (This applies only when CA-ICMS is installed.)
To redisplay the prior level of folders, press [PA1].
To redisplay the directory after a table has been selected, press [PA1]. This cancels the table selection. If no table has been selected, but you are listing the directory of another user, [PA1] enables you to redisplay your own directory.