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Help Screens—HELP

Description

The Help screens contain information that explain the structure and use of the Automatic System Facility and its screens. The help text displayed applies to the screen that was current when the Help facility was accessed. Having accessed the Help facility, you can display the help text for any ASF screen by entering the screen name in the HELP FOR field.

Access

You can access the Help facility in one of the following ways:

To leave the Help facility, press [Clear] to return to the prior screen.

Sample Screen

CA HELP CA - Automatic System Facility ** Help Screen ** Help For: ASEL Page: 1 of 16 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ACTIVITY SELECTION HELP Overview............................................. 2 The activities....................................... 3 Selecting and listing tables......................... 4 Screen names and titles.............................. 6 ASF overview......................................... 8 Return to ASF Paging Activity Selection Refresh CLEAR PF7/8 PA1 PA2 ----------------------------------------------------------(continued)--

Fields

Help For

Displays the screen name for which help text is currently being displayed. You can change the screen name to display the help text for another ASF screen.

Page: __ of __

indicates the number of pages in the help text. You can page through Help by pressing [PF7] and [PF8] or by changing the page number.

Table of contents

Lists the topics discussed in the help text for the current screen. Page numbers are provided so you can go directly to a particular topic.

A brief explanation on how to use Help

Provided near the bottom of the first page.

The global PF-keys for ASF

Listed at the bottom of the first page.

Screen-specific help text

Provided on pageable screens.

Screen names and titles

Listed at the end of the screen-specific help text. The titles of all ASF screens and their 4-character screen names are listed. You can go directly to any ASF screen by entering the screen name in the upper left corner of any screen.

An overview of ASF

Included at the end of each help text.